Blundellsands & Crosby railway station

Blundellsands & Crosby railway station is a railway station in Blundellsands, a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It also serves the adjacent district of Crosby. It is situated on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History

Blundellsands & Crosby 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). The station recently underwent a revamp at a cost of £250,000 with work on the car park due to start later on in 2009. The refurbishment has included a new toilet with disabled access, changes to the waiting rooms such as automatic doors, CCTV, new flooring, seats, new windows and heating. A new car park will also be developed on the site of the current one and is expected to be completed by the start of 2010. Work is also expected to begin on the park and ride site in the autumn of 2010 which will include new surfacing, marked bays, lighting and landscaping. The refurbishment has also included new paintwork to the underpass and the stairwells. Electronic timetables are also set to be installed on both platforms in July 2009. There is a memorial at this station that quotes some of Allan Cunningham's lyrics from 'a wet sheet and a flowing sea'.

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.

External links

• Train times and station information for Blundellsands & Crosby railway station from National Rail
• Station information from Merseyrail