View source for Waterloo railway station (Merseyside)

{{Short description|Railway station in Merseyside, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Waterloo (Merseyside)
| symbol_location    = gb
| symbol             = liverpool
| image              = Arriving,_Waterloo_Railway_Station,_Liverpool_(geograph_2994500).jpg
| caption            = A Merseyrail [[British Rail Class 508|Class 508]] at the station.
| borough            = [[Waterloo, Sefton|Waterloo]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
| country            = England
| coordinates        = {{coord|53.4749|-3.0256|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name          = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position      = {{gbmappingsmall|SJ320980}}
| manager            = [[Merseyrail]]
| platforms          = 2
| code               = WLO
| zone               = C3
| classification     = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| transit_authority  = [[Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive|Merseytravel]]
| original           = [[Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway]] 
| pregroup           = [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] 
| postgroup          = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
| years              = {{start date|1848|07|24|df=y}}
| events             = Opened as Waterloo
| years1             = 1 October 1850
| events1            = Extension to Liverpool opened
| years2             = 24 July 1881
| events2            = Station resited   
| years3             = 14 May 1984
| events3            = Renamed Waterloo (Merseyside)
| years4             = 
| events4            = 
| mpassengers        = 
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 1.933 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.553 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 1.238 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 1.324 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 1.435 million}}
| footnotes          = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}
'''Waterloo railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving the town of [[Waterloo, Sefton|Waterloo]] in [[Merseyside]], [[England]], on the [[Northern Line (Merseyrail)|Northern Line]] of the [[Merseyrail]] network.

==History==
Waterloo railway station opened on 24 July 1848 as the original southern terminus of the [[Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway]] (LC&SR) when it opened its line from here to {{rws|Southport Eastbank Street}}.{{sfn|Quick|2023|p=473}}

The terminus was located on the north side of South Road and an engine shed was located a short distance to the south of the station on the seaward side of the line.{{sfn|Quick|2023|p=473}}{{sfn|Gahan|1985|p=18}}

A correspondent writing in the ''Liverpool Mercury'' in 1849 commented that the station had "a platform with an ample shed that were  well built, admirable and worthy of the importance of the line", the facilities had improved "strikingly" since opening and it now had "good waiting rooms, comfortable furniture and a well arranged pay office" (presumably the booking office), there was even a temporary refreshment shed with genuine [[Eccles cake]]s.{{sfn|Gahan|1985|p=33}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Southport |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury |date=29 May 1849 |page=8 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/18490529/037/0008 |accessdate=2 July 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Unfortunately this admirable situation did not prevail for long, another correspondent in the ''Liverpool Mercury'' in 1855 complained  that the "waiting room had been dismantled of its furniture", had its "floor covering removed" and become a "neglected spot" frequented by porters and others.{{sfn|Gahan|1985|p=38}}<ref>{{cite news |author=On behalf of the Ladies of Waterloo |title=Correspondence: Liverpool and Southport Railway |newspaper=The Liverpool Mercury |date=6 April 1855 |page=11 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/18490529/037/0008 |accessdate=2 July 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Whilst the station was the southern terminus of the railway a horsedrawn omnibus service was operated to Tithebarn Street in Liverpool city centre. 74 trips were run each day with an average of 14 passengers per journey. When the LC&SR opened a booking office in Dale Street the journeys were extended to there.{{sfn|Gahan|1985|p=19}}

When the line was extended south towards Liverpool on 1 October 1850 a level crossing was installed at South Road and the engine shed was relocated to the east side of the line just north of South Road.{{sfn|Quick|2023|p=473}}<ref>{{cite map |title=Lancashire Sheet XCIX |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344069 |year=1850 |scale=Six-inch |publisher=Ordnance Survey }}</ref>

The original station site became a goods and mineral depot, there was a goods shed and a five-ton crane.{{sfn|Gahan|1985|p=18}}{{sfn|The Railway Clearing House|1970|p=560}} The goods yard closed on 27 November 1967.{{sfn|Clinker|1978|p=142}}

The station was re-sited to the south side of road on 24 July 1881, the level crossing being replaced by an overbridge with the station entrance on the bridge. There is a wide island platform with waiting rooms, at the Liverpool end of the platform is a footbridge giving access from both sides.{{sfn|Quick|2023|p=473}}{{sfn|Gahan|1985|p=83}}<ref>{{cite map |title=Liverpool - Lancashire XCIX.9.12 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/229948221 |year=1890 |scale=1:500 Town Plan |publisher=Ordnance Survey }}</ref>

The station was renamed Waterloo (Merseyside) on 14 May 1984.{{sfn|Quick|2023|p=473}}

In 1850 the LC&SR had been authorised to lease, sell or transfer itself to the L&YR and on 14 June 1855 the L&YR purchased and took over the LC&SR.{{sfn|Marshall|1969|p=154}}{{sfn|Awdry|1990|p=88}}

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the [[London and North Western Railway]] on 1 January 1922 and in turn was [[Railways Act 1921|Grouped]] into the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948.{{sfn|Ferneyhough|1975|pp=164 & 176–177}}

In January 1977, [[Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive]] extended the railway station to an adjacent turning roundabout for local buses, named Waterloo Interchange. Local bus services were timed to call at the Interchange with the arrival and departure of [[Merseyrail]] services to and from Liverpool. This was the largest such scheme in Merseyside, similar interchange facilities were provided at [[Kirkby railway station]] in 1980. These arrangements lasted until 25 October 1986, after which bus services were deregulated and all bus/rail coordination was abandoned.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In 1978 the station became part of the [[Merseyrail]] network's [[Northern line (Merseyrail)|Northern Line]] (operated by [[British Rail]] until [[Privatisation of British Rail|privatised]] in 1995).{{sfn|Pettitt|Comfort|2015|pp=59 & 171}}

===Accidents and incidents===
On 15 July 1903, a [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] passenger train entered the station at excessive speed and was derailed. Seven people were killed and 116 were injured.{{sfn|Trevena|1980|p=18}}

==Facilities==
The station is staffed 15 minutes before the first service and 15 minutes after the last service. There is platform CCTV, shelters and a booking office. A self-serve ticket machine is also provided in the booking hall. There are departure and arrival screens on the platform for passenger information. The station has secure storage for 30 cycles. The station is fully wheelchair accessible: access to the platforms is via steps or a lift from the ticket office. There is another entry point by means of a ramp from the bus station across South Road, although this has been closed for several years. The station also connects with local bus services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Waterloo train station {{!}} timetable {{!}} ticket prices & facilities|url=http://www.merseyrail.org/plan-your-journey/stations/waterloo.aspx|website=www.merseyrail.org|access-date=27 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Services==
Trains run northbound to [[Southport railway station|Southport]] and southbound to [[Liverpool Central railway station|Liverpool Central]] at 15 minute frequencies on Mondays to Saturdays. On Sundays, they run every 30 minutes.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2023|82}}</ref>

{{rail start}}
{{rail line|next=[[Seaforth & Litherland railway station|Seaforth<br /> & Litherland]]<br /><small>towards {{rws|Liverpool Central}}</small>|previous=[[Blundellsands & Crosby railway station|Blundellsands<br /> & Crosby]]<br /><small>towards {{rws|Southport}}</small>|route=[[Merseyrail]]<br /><small>[[Northern Line (Merseyrail)|Northern Line]]</small> |col={{Merseyrail colour|Northern}} }}
{{historical rail insert}}
{{rail line|next=|previous={{rws|Blundellsands & Crosby||Crosby}}<br /><small>towards {{rws|Southport}}</small>|route=[[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]<br /><small>[[Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway|Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (until 1850)]]</small> |col={{LYR colour}} }}
{{rail line|next={{rws|Seaforth & Litherland||Seaforth}}|previous={{rws|Blundellsands & Crosby||Crosby}}<br /><small>towards {{rws|Southport}}</small>|route=[[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]<br /><small>[[Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway|Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (from 1850)]]</small> |col={{LYR colour}} }}
{{s-end}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery class=center>
Image:Beatles train, Waterloo Railway Station, Liverpool (geograph 2994505).jpg|A Merseyrail [[British Rail Class 508|Class 508]] approaches the station, from Liverpool.
Image:Waiting Rooms, Waterloo Railway Station, Liverpool (geograph 2994502).jpg|Looking towards the station entrance, from the platform.
Image:Platform buildings, Waterloo Railway Station, Liverpool (geograph 2994503).jpg|Platform buildings and furniture at the station.
Image:Entrance to Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station.jpg|The entrance to the station, from the road.
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Awdry-RailCo}}
*{{Clinker-Stations|year=1978}}
*{{cite book |last=Ferneyhough |first=Frank |title=The History of Railways in Britain |publisher=Osprey |publication-place=Reading |date=1975 |isbn=0-85045-060-8 |oclc=2120140 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrailway0000fern |url-access=registration}}
*{{cite book |last=Gahan |first=John W. |title=Seaport to Seaside: Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 decades of trains and travel |date=1985 |isbn=((978-0-907768-07-5))}}
*{{Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 1}}
*{{cite book |last1=Pettitt |first1=Gordon |last2=Comfort |first2=Nicholas |title=The Regional Railways Story |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-86093-663-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/regionalrailways0000gord |url-access=registration}}
*{{Quick-stations-5.05}}
*{{cite book |last=The Railway Clearing House |orig-date=1904 |year=1970 |edition=1970 D&C Reprint |title=The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 |location=Newton Abbot |publisher=David & Charles Reprints |isbn=0-7153-5120-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/railwayclearingh0000rail |url-access=registration}}
*{{cite book |last=Trevena |first=Arthur |title=Trains in Trouble |volume= 1 |year=1980 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Redruth |isbn=0-906899-01-X }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station}}
{{stn art lnk|WLO|L220LY}}
{{Merseyrail info lnk|67|Waterloo railway station}}

{{Merseyside railway stations}}
{{Merseyrail Northern Line}}
{{Railway stations served by Merseyrail}}

[[Category:Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]]
[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
[[Category:Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Merseyrail]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848]]