Blundellsands & Crosby railway station

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Blundellsands & Crosby
National Rail
Waiting Rooms, Blundellsands and Crosby Railway Station (geograph 2994495).jpg
LocationBlundellsands, Sefton
England
Coordinates53°29′16″N 3°02′25″W / 53.48767°N 3.04038°W / 53.48767; -3.04038Coordinates: 53°29��16″N 3°02′25″W / 53.48767°N 3.04038°W / 53.48767; -3.04038
Grid referenceSJ310994
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBLN
Fare zoneC3
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1848Opened
Passengers
2016/17Increase 1.470 million
2017/18Decrease 1.437 million
2018/19Increase 1.668 million
2019/20Increase 1.829 million
2020/21Decrease 0.482 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Blundellsands & Crosby railway station is a railway station in the Blundellsands area of Merseyside, England. It also serves the adjacent town of Crosby. It is situated on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History[]

Blundellsands & Crosby opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) on 14 June 1855[1] who took over from the (LCSR). 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 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).

Facilities[]

The station underwent a revamp at a cost of £250,000 in 2009, including the installation of electronic timetables, in July that year. The refurbishment included a new toilet with disabled access, changes to the waiting rooms such as automatic doors, CCTV, new flooring, seats, new windows and heating. In 2010 a new 101-space car park was constructed on the site of the previous one, including new surfacing, marked bays, lighting and landscaping. There is also cycle racks for 30 cycles and secure cycle storage for 74 cycles.[2]

Services[]

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday. On summer Sundays, they travel to Southport in the north and to Hunts Cross in Liverpool via Liverpool Central in the south.[3] Winter Sunday services travel every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ Awdry 1990, p. 88
  2. ^ "Blundellsands-and-Crosby train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2017
  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hall Road
towards Southport
  Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Waterloo
towards Hunts Cross
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