General information | |||||
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Location | Birkdale, Sefton England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°37′19″N3°01′30″W / 53.622°N 3.025°W | ||||
Grid reference | SD323144 | ||||
Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HIL | ||||
Fare zone | D1 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | May 1926 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.686 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.761 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.187 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.475 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.508 million | ||||
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Hillside railway station serves the southern half of the Birkdale area of Southport,England. It is located on the Northern Line of the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's.
It is the closest station to the Royal Birkdale golf course,and is extremely busy when major events (such as the Open Championship) are held there.
Hillside opened in May 1926 [1] as an intermediate station on the ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) after the 1923 grouping into the London,Midland and Scottish Railway,and long after the railway had originally opened in 1848. By this time,the area had developed into a sizable residential suburb of Southport.
Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).
Safety and security features at this station include CCTV,an induction loop is installed,shelters and seats and a public telephone. There is no wheelchair access at this station,as the only access to the platforms is by stairs;the nearest stations with disabled access are Birkdale and Ainsdale. The ticket office is always staffed by at least one member of staff from before the start of train services until 00:30 each evening. [2] There is cycle storage for 6 cycles and secure storage for 40 cycles. [3]
Merseytravel announced in April 2019 that they had been successful in a bid for funding lifts being installed at the station under the Department for Transport's ‘Access for All’programme. The lifts are expected to be installed at some point over the following five years. [4] The lifts had their official opening on 21 October 2022. [5]
Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday to Southport to the north,and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction. [6]
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Birkdale towards Southport | Merseyrail Northern Line|Southport - Hunts Cross | Ainsdale towards Hunts Cross |