Waterloo railway station (Merseyside)

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Waterloo (Merseyside)
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A Merseyrail Class 508 at the station.
General information
Location Waterloo, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°28′30″N3°01′32″W / 53.4749°N 3.0256°W / 53.4749; -3.0256
Grid reference SJ320980
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLO
Fare zoneC3
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
24 July 1848 (1848-07-24)Opened as Waterloo
1 October 1850Extension to Liverpool opened
24 July 1881Station resited
14 May 1984Renamed Waterloo (Merseyside)
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 1.933 million
Crosby
towards Southport
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (until 1850)
 Terminus
Crosby
towards Southport
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (from 1850)
  Seaforth

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Quick 2023, p. 473.
  2. 1 2 Gahan 1985, p. 18.
  3. Gahan 1985, p. 33.
  4. "Southport" . The Liverpool Mercury. 29 May 1849. p. 8. Retrieved 2 July 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Gahan 1985, p. 38.
  6. On behalf of the Ladies of Waterloo (6 April 1855). "Correspondence: Liverpool and Southport Railway" . The Liverpool Mercury. p. 11. Retrieved 2 July 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Gahan 1985, p. 19.
  8. Lancashire Sheet XCIX (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1850.
  9. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 560.
  10. Clinker 1978, p. 142.
  11. Gahan 1985, p. 83.
  12. Liverpool - Lancashire XCIX.9.12 (Map). 1:500 Town Plan. Ordnance Survey. 1890.
  13. Marshall 1969, p. 154.
  14. Awdry 1990, p. 88.
  15. Ferneyhough 1975, pp. 164 & 176–177.
  16. Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
  17. Trevena 1980, p. 18.
  18. "Waterloo train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  19. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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