Birkdale railway station

Birkdale
Location
Place	Birkdale
Local authority	Sefton
Operations
Station code	BDL
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.252 million
2005/06 *	0.256 million
2006/07 *	0.270 million
2007/08 *	0.286 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D1
History
1848	Opened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birkdale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Birkdale railway station serves the Birkdale suburb of Southport, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Birkdale opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, who took over from the LCSR. 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).

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

Liverpool platform.

Signal box.

External links

• Train times and station information for Birkdale railway station from National Rail
• Station information from Merseyrail

Coordinates: 53°38′02″N 3°00′54″W / 53.634°N 3.015°W / 53.634; -3.015