Birkdale railway station

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Birkdale

Location
Place	Birkdale
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°38′02″N 3°00′52″W / 53.6340°N 3.0145°W / 53.6340; -3.0145Coordinates: 53°38′02″N 3°00′52″W / 53.6340°N 3.0145°W / 53.6340; -3.0145
Grid reference	SD330157
Operations
Station code	BDL
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.252 million
2005/06	0.256 million
2006/07	0.270 million
2007/08	0.286 million
2008/09	0.820 million
2009/10	0.783 million
2010/11	0.770 million
2011/12	0.735 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D1
History
1848	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birkdale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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).

Birkdale is the only station on the line that still has a signal box standing. It is unknown if it is under control from a computer or derelict.

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

The Liverpool-bound platform.
Looking north, along the Liverpool-bound platform.
The disused signal box.
Birkdale Station entrance, in 1964.

External links

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Train times and station information for Birkdale railway station from National Rail

Station information for Birkdale railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hillside		Merseyrail Northern Line		Southport

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