Hall Road railway station

Hall Road National Rail
Location
Place Blundellsands
Local authority Sefton
Coordinates 53°29′51″N 3°02′59″W / 53.4975°N 3.0497°W / 53.4975; -3.0497Coordinates: 53°29′51″N 3°02′59″W / 53.4975°N 3.0497°W / 53.4975; -3.0497
Grid reference SD304006
Operations
Station code HLR
Managed by Merseyrail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 240,056
2013/14 Increase 247,266
2014/15 Increase 259,738
2015/16 Decrease 259,346
2016/17 Increase 263,248
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PTE Merseytravel
Zone C3
History
Key dates Opened 1874 (1874)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hall Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hall Road railway station serves Blundellsands in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. Hall Road TMD was adjacent to the station, but this closed in 1997 and has since been demolished.

History

Hall Road opened in 1874 as an intermediate station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR),[1] at a request from Joseph Gardner, a local merchant. Initially the railway company refused, but relented when he had five further houses built in the same location.[2] The LYR electrified the line, using the third-rail system, and services started on 5 April 1904. 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 1977 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).

Facilities

The station is staffed, 15 minutes before the first train and 15 minutes after the last train, and has platform CCTV. Each of the two platforms has a waiting room. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. The station has an 8-space cycle rack and secure indoor storage for 44 cycles.[3]

Accidents

1905 accident

On 27 July 1905, a Southport-bound express train collided at the station with an empty local service operating to Liverpool Exchange. 20 deaths and 48 injuries resulted, although both drivers survived.[4]

1961 accident

On 9 October 1961 two electric trains collided at around 7.34 am due to a signalman admitting both trains into the section at the same time. The motorman of one of the trains was injured and two passengers were injured, one seriously. The official report concluded that irregular working by the signalman and an error by one of the train drivers was the cause of the accident.[5]

1977 accident

An accident took place on 4 July 1977 when a Class 502 unit, working a service to Liverpool Central, ran into the rear of another train near the station. 35 people were injured. Errors by the train driver and signalling irregularities were blamed for the collision.[6]

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.[7] Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

References

  1. ↑ Awdry, p. 88
  2. ↑ Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations between Southport & Liverpool 1848–1986. Crosby: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4.
  3. ↑ "Hall-road train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Railways Archive copy of report into 1905 collision" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Railways Archive copy of report into 1961 collision" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Railways Archive copy of report into 1977 collision" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  7. ↑ Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2017
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hightown
towards Southport		   Merseyrail
Northern Line		   Blundellsands
& Crosby
towards Hunts Cross
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