Bootle Oriel Road railway station

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 Oriel Road railway station was opened as Bootle on 1 May 1876 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) on its Template:Rws to Template:Rws line (the former Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway) to replace two stations, Template:Rws and Template:Rws, it was sited between them.Template:Sfn The station was constructed by Dransfield and Company at a cost of £6,684 (equivalent to £ in Template:Inflation-yearTemplate:Inflation-fn).Template:Sfn

The station was built largely of "yellow glazed bricks with an over-abundance of roofing supported on numerous iron columns". There are four platforms, the centre ones being a wide island, connected by a subway. the booking office faces onto Oriel Road and there is a cab rank.Template:Sfn

There an additional two tracks that avoid the station on the western side behind a wall descending to Bankfield Goods Yard.Template:Sfn

The station was renamed to Bootle Oriel Road on 2 June 1924.Template:Sfn

Most of the services through the station were going to or from Template:Rws and Template:Rws, there were additional commuter services on this line that terminated at Template:Rws prior to electrification in 1904 and Template:Rws afterwards.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn From 1906 to 1951 services also ran through the station on a route from Template:Rws to Template:Rws.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Passengers from the London and North Western Railway's Template:Rws station could access the station via a long sloping footpath and a short walk along Oriel Road.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

In 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).Template:Sfn

Facilities

There is a booking office where staff are available 15 minutes before the first train until 15 minutes after the last train. Both platforms can be accessed via ramps or lifts. There is car parking for 4 cars and secure cycle storage for 24 cycles, plus toilets and a payphone. Train running information is provided via automated announcements, digital CIS displays, customer help points on each platform and timetable posters.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday, to Southport to the north, and to Liverpool Central to the south. Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
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	Historical railways
Template:Rws towards Template:Rws	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Template:Rws towards Template:Rws
Template:Rws towards Template:Rws	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Template:Rws towards Template:Rws

Gallery

• Bootle Oriel Road in 1962. The two extra tracks on the left are the goods lines from Bankfield.
  Bootle Oriel Road in 1962. The two extra tracks on the left are the goods lines from Bankfield.
• A Merseyrail Class 508 departs from the station.
  A Merseyrail Class 508 departs from the station.
• The Liverpool sculpture outside the station.
  The Liverpool sculpture outside the station.
• Special access to the new footbridge.
  Special access to the new footbridge.

References

Bibliography

• Template:Bradshaw-1895December
• Template:Bradshaw-1922July
• Template:Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 1
• Template:Quick-stations-5.05

External links

• Train times and station information for Bootle Oriel Road railway station from National Rail