Bootle Balliol Road railway station

Disused railway station in Bootle, Sefton

53°26′41″N 2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°W / 53.4448; -2.9948Grid referenceSJ 340 946Platforms2[1]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates5 September 1881 (1881-09-05)Opened as Balliol Road1 January 1891Renamed Bootle Balliol Road31 May 1948Last passenger train called26 February 1949Officially closed

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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.

External links

  • The station's history Disused Stations
  • The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
  • The station on a 25" Edwardian OS Map National Library of Scotland
  • The station on line SCT2, with mileages Railway Codes


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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