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General information | |
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Location | Bootle, Sefton England |
Coordinates | 53°27′12″N2°59′41″W / 53.4534°N 2.9946°W |
Grid reference | SJ340956 |
Managed by | Merseyrail |
Transit authority | Merseytravel |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BNW |
Fare zone | C3 |
Classification | DfT category E |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 1.026 million |
2019/20 | 1.221 million |
2020/21 | 0.399 million |
Interchange | 74 |
2021/22 | 0.790 million |
Interchange | 511 |
2022/23 | 0.747 million |
Interchange | 1,254 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Bootle New Strand railway station is a railway station in the centre of Bootle,Merseyside,England. It is on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network and serves in particular the nearby New Strand Shopping Centre. The platforms are elevated and are reached by ramps from the entrance at street level. Connecting bus services leave from the nearby bus station in the basement of New Strand Shopping Centre.
Bootle New Strand opened in 1850 as an intermediate station when the Liverpool,Crosby and Southport Railway was extended from its previous terminal at Waterloo to Liverpool Exchange. Originally it was named Marsh Lane &Strand Road,until 1968 when the nearby New Strand Shopping Centre was built. The LC&SR became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR),on 14 June 1855. [1] The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London,Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Seaforth & Litherland towards Southport | Merseyrail Northern Line | Bootle Oriel Road towards Hunts Cross | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Seaforth Line and station open | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway | Bootle Village Line open, station closed | ||
Linacre Road | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch | Terminus |