Bootle Oriel Road railway station

Bootle Oriel Road
General information
Location	Bootle, Sefton England
Coordinates	53°26′48″N2°59′45″W / 53.4468°N 2.9957°W / 53.4468; -2.9957
Grid reference	SJ339949
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BOT
Fare zone	C1/C3
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1876 (1876-05-01)	Station opened as Bootle
2 June 1924	Renamed to Bootle Oriel Road
Passengers
2019/20	0.843 million
Marsh Lane towards Southport		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway		Liverpool North Docks towards Liverpool Exchange
Marsh Lane towards Aintree		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch		Liverpool North Docks towards Liverpool Exchange

Gallery

• 
  Bootle Oriel Road in 1962. The two extra tracks on the left are the goods lines from Bankfield.
• 
  A Merseyrail Class 508 departs from the station.
• 
  The Liverpool sculpture outside the station.
• 
  Special access to the new footbridge.

References

Notes

1. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.

Citations

1. Quick 2023, p. 92.
2. Marshall 1969, p. 153.
3. Gahan 1985, p. 80.
4. Gahan 1985, p. 81.
5. Bradshaw 2011, tables 520–521.
6. Bradshaw 1985, p. 565.
7. Gahan 1985, pp. 114–115.
8. Mason 1975, p. 19.
9. Ferneyhough 1975, pp. 164 & 176–177.
10. Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
11. "Bootle-oriel-road train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
12. Bootle Oriel Road station facilities National Rail Enquiries
13. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

Bibliography

• Bradshaw, George (2011) [December 1895]. Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895: A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   978-1-908174-11-6. OCLC   832579861.
• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
• Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain . Reading: Osprey. ISBN   0-85045-060-8. OCLC   2120140.
• Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside: Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 decades of trains and travel. Countryvise. ISBN   978-0-907768-07-5.
• Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-4352-4.
• Mason, Eric (1975). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in the Twentieth Century (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan.
• Pettitt, Gordon; Comfort, Nicholas (2015). The Regional Railways Story . Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-86093-663-3.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bootle Oriel Road railway station from National Rail
• Station information for Bootle Oriel Road railway station from Merseyrail