Bootle Balliol Road railway station

Bootle Balliol Road
Balliol Road's platforms would have ended just before the tunnel
Location
Place Bootle
Area Sefton
Coordinates 53°26′41″N 2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°W / 53.4448; -2.9948Coordinates: 53°26′41″N 2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°W / 53.4448; -2.9948
Grid reference SJ 340 946
Operations
Original company London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2[1]
History
5 September 1881 (1881-09-05) Opened as Balliol Road
1 January 1891 Renamed Bootle Balliol Road
31 May 1948 Last passenger train called
26 February 1949 Officially closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Balliol Road railway station was on the Alexandra Dock Branch, Bootle, Merseyside, England, it opened on 5 September 1881[2] and closed to passengers on 31 May 1948. Goods trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site.

References

  1. ↑ Gell 1985, Alphabetically under B.
  2. ↑ Butt1995, p. 24.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alexandra Dock
Line and station closed		   London and North Western Railway
Alexandra Dock Branch		   Spellow
Line and station closed
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