Bootle Oriel Road railway station

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Bootle Oriel Road National Rail
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Location
Place Bootle
Local authority Sefton
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SJ339949
Operations
Station code BOT
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  0.155 million
2005/06 Increase 0.204 million
2006/07 Increase 0.249 million
2007/08 Decrease 0.209 million
2008/09 Increase 0.524 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.512 million
2010/11 Increase 0.522 million
2011/12 Increase 0.511 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.476 million
2013/14 Increase 0.598 million
2014/15 Increase 0.617 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone C1/C3
History
1850 First station opened as Bootle Village
1876 present station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bootle Oriel Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bootle Oriel Road railway station is a railway station in Bootle, Merseyside, England. It is situated near the town's Victorian civic centre, opposite Bootle Town Hall, although the surrounding area is now largely residential. It is located on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History

Bootle Village Station (on south side of Merton Road) opened in 1850 as an intermediate station when the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway was extended from its previous terminal at Waterloo to Liverpool Exchange. A new station called Bootle Oriel Road (on north side of Merton Road) was opened on 1 May 1876 and replaced Bootle Village Station. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), on 14 June 1855.[1] 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 privatised in 1995).

Refurbishment

In 2006, an extensive refurbishment plan was drawn up for the station. The work included the installation of a new booking hall, ramps, lifts and a new footbridge.[2] The work started in February 2007[3] and was completed early in 2008.[4] A footbridge, replacing the former subway, was lifted into place at the station during the weekend of 3 and 4 November 2007.

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

  • Bootle Oriel Road Station 1855301 3e0ab05a.jpg

    Bootle Oriel Road in 1962. The two extra tracks on the left are the goods lines from Bankfield.

  • Departing, Bootle Oriel Road Railway Station (geograph 2995619).jpg

    A Merseyrail Class 508 departs from the station.

  • Liverpool Sculpture, Bootle Oriel Road Railway Station (geograph 2995650).jpg

    The Liverpool sculpture outside the station.

  • Special access, Bootle Oriel Road Railway Station (geograph 2995632).jpg

    Special access to the new footbridge.

References

  1. ↑ Awdry, p. 88
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bootle New Strand
towards Southport		   Merseyrail
Northern Line		   Bank Hall
towards Hunts Cross
Disused railways
Terminus   London and North Western Railway
Alexandra Dock Branch		   Spellow
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