Sandhills railway station
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| Sandhills | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kirkdale |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 0.272 million ** |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C |
| History | |
| 1850 | Opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| ** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Sandhills. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Sandhills railway station is a railway station in Kirkdale, Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It was built by the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Company and now stands at the junction between the branch to Southport and the branch to Ormskirk and Kirkby.
It is a busy interchange station, and has a single island platform, and overlooks the River Mersey on one side, and the former industrial area of Commercial Road on the other. It is also used by football fans heading for Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. matches.
Passengers have to walk up a ramp to reach the ticket office, then through a subway and up ramps to reach the platform.
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[edit] History
Sandhills opened in 1850 as an intermediate station on the extended Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway to Liverpool Exchange which had terminated at Waterloo previously. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, who took over from the LCSR. Subsequently, with the advent of British Rail in 1948, it became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line. The station had 4 platforms until it was rationalised in the 1970s.
[edit] Services
Trains operate every 15 minutes, Monday-Saturday daytime and summer Sundays to Southport and every 15 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime only to Kirkby and Ormskirk to the north. Trains also operate to Hunts Cross every 15 minutes except Sundays and Liverpool Central at regular intervals, both to the south.
[edit] Future
An extensive refurbishment plan for the station was suggested in 2006 which involves the building of a completely new booking hall and greatly improved facilities on the platform. An overall roof will be constructed which covers the entire length of the platform. In addition, the station's entrance will be moved from Sandhills Lane to Dunes Way, a little used industrial road. This will allow a dedicated bus-rail interchange point to be built, improving transport beyond the station to localities such as Kirkdale, Anfield and Everton.
[edit] Trivia
- The station is named after the road, Sandhills Lane, which the main entrance is located on. There is in fact no locality in Liverpool named Sandhills.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Sandhills railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Sandhills railway station from Multimap.com
- Station information from Merseyrail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Moorfields | Merseyrail Northern Line Hunts Cross-Southport |
Bank Hall | ||
| Merseyrail Northern Line Liverpool Central-Kirkby/ Liverpool Central-Ormskirk |
Kirkdale | |||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Liverpool Exchange | Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Terminus | ||
| 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 |
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| Ormskirk Branch | |
| Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Walton Orrell Park Aintree Old Roan Maghull Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk |
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| Kirkby Branch | |
| Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Rice Lane Fazakerley Kirkby | |
