Blundellsands & Crosby railway station

Blundellsands & Crosby

Location
Place	Blundellsands
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°29′16″N 3°02′25″W / 53.48767°N 3.04038°W / 53.48767; -3.04038Coordinates: 53°29′16″N 3°02′25″W / 53.48767°N 3.04038°W / 53.48767; -3.04038
Grid reference	SJ310994
Operations
Station code	BLN
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.457 million
2005/06	0.519 million
2006/07	0.562 million
2007/08	0.599 million
2008/09	1.840 million
2009/10	1.718 million
2010/11	1.736 million
2011/12	1.643 million
2012/13	1.532 million
2013/14	1.324 million
2014/15	1.370 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C3
History
1850	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blundellsands & Crosby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Blundellsands & Crosby railway station is a railway station in the Blundellsands area of Merseyside, England. It also serves the adjacent town 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 (LYR), On 14 June 1855.^[1] 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).

Facilities

The station underwent a revamp at a cost of £250,000 in 2009, including the installation of electronic timetables, in July that year. The refurbishment included a new toilet with disabled access, changes to the waiting rooms such as automatic doors, CCTV, new flooring, seats, new windows and heating. In 2010 a new car park was constructed on the site of the previous one, including include new surfacing, marked bays, lighting and landscaping.

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 in Liverpool via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

The view towards Southport, in 1962.
A Merseyrail Class 507 arrives with a service from Liverpool.
The station entrance, from the roadside.
Platform decoration at the station.

References

↑ Awdry, p. 88

External links

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

Station information for Blundellsands & Crosby railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hall Road towards Southport		Merseyrail Northern Line		Waterloo towards Hunts Cross

Railway stations in Merseyside

Knowsley	Halewood Huyton Kirkby Prescot Roby Whiston

Liverpool (city centre stations in italics)	Aigburth Bank Hall Broad Green Brunswick Cressington Edge Hill Fazakerley Hunts Cross James Street Kirkdale Liverpool Central Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Moorfields Mossley Hill Orrell Park Rice Lane St Michaels Sandhills Walton Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton

Sefton	Ainsdale Aintree Birkdale Blundellsands & Crosby Bootle New Strand Bootle Oriel Road Formby Freshfield Hall Road Hightown Hillside Maghull Meols Cop Old Roan Seaforth & Litherland Southport Waterloo

St Helens	Earlestown Eccleston Park Garswood Lea Green Newton-le-Willows Rainford Rainhill St Helens Central St Helens Junction Thatto Heath

Wirral	Bebington Beechwood (proposed) Bidston Birkenhead Central Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Bromborough Bromborough Rake Conway Park Eastham Rake Green Lane Hamilton Square Heswall Hoylake Leasowe Manor Road Meols Moreton New Brighton Port Sunlight Rock Ferry Spital Upton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village West Kirby Woodchurch (proposed)

Outside Merseyside, but within the Merseytravel area	Hooton Hough Green

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

Merseyrail Northern Line Stations

Southport–Hunts Cross Branch	Hunts Cross Liverpool South Parkway Cressington Aigburth St Michaels Brunswick (St James – proposed) 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 (Headbolt Lane – proposed)

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