Brunswick railway station

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Brunswick
Location
Place	Toxteth
Local authority	Liverpool
Operations
Station code	BRW
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.353 million **
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C
History
1998	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
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** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Brunswick. Disclaimer (PDF)

Brunswick railway station is a railway station in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system. It also serves the nearby district of Dingle and is situated on a short section of track between two tunnels, opposite Brunswick Dock. The station serves businesses on the Brunswick Dock estate and also the residential area of Dingle which is reached by a bridge.

1 History
2 Services
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] History

The original Brunswick station opened on 1 June 1864 as the terminus of a new Garston and Liverpool Railway line to Liverpool, but closed in 1874 when the line was diverted and extended to Liverpool Central. A goods yard remained on the station site, providing a connection to the Mersey Docks Railway, but this was eventually closed.

The present passenger station opened in 1998, on a site close to the original station but on the through route to Liverpool Central. It serves the industial dock buildings on one side, and a small housing estate at a higher point on the other.

[edit] Services

Trains run to either Liverpool Central and Southport to the north or Hunts Cross to the south at 15 minute frequencies Monday-Saturday. On Sundays, trains run at 30 minute frequencies in both directions.

[edit] Trivia

The Liverpool Overhead Railway tunnel mouth which led to Dingle can be seen just south of the station.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Brunswick railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Brunswick railway station from Multimap.com

Station information from Merseyrail
History of railway stations in Liverpool

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Liverpool Central		Merseyrail Northern Line		St Michaels

edit Merseyrail Northern Line Stations
Hunts Cross – Southport Branch
Hunts Cross Liverpool South Parkway Cressington Aigburth St Michaels Brunswick Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Bank Hall Bootle Oriel Road Bootle New Strand Seaforth & Litherland Waterloo Blundellsands & Crosby Hall Road Hightown Formby Freshfield Ainsdale Hillside Birkdale Southport
Ormskirk Branch
Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Walton Orrell Park Aintree Old Roan Maghull Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk
Kirkby Branch
Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Rice Lane Fazakerley Kirkby