Bootle Balliol Road railway station

Bootle Balliol Road
Bootle Balliol Road
	Balliol Road's platforms would have ended just before the tunnel
Location	Bootle, Sefton; England
Coordinates	53°26′41″N 2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°WCoordinates: 53°26′41″N 2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°W
Grid reference	SJ 340 946
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 September 1881	Opened as Balliol Road
1 January 1891	Renamed Bootle Balliol Road
31 May 1948	Last passenger train called
26 February 1949	Officially 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[]

^ Gell 1985, Alphabetically under B.
^ 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.

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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[FOOTNOTEGell1985Alphabetically_under_B-1] Gell 1985, Alphabetically under B.

[FOOTNOTEButt199524-2] Butt1995, p. 24.

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v t Closed railway stations in Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway	Caldy Heswall Kirby Park Thurstaston
Canada Dock Branch	Alexandra Dock Bootle Balliol Road Breck Road Canada Dock Edge Lane Spellow Stanley Tue Brook Walton & Anfield
Cheshire Lines Committee	Ainsdale Beach Aintree Central Birkdale Palace Childwall Clubmoor Garston (Merseyside) Gateacre Huskisson Knotty Ash Liverpool Central High Level Liverpool St James Otterspool Sefton and Maghull Southport Lord Street Walton on the Hill Warbreck West Derby Woodvale
Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Birkenhead Grange Lane Birkenhead Monks Ferry Birkenhead Town Birkenhead Woodside Rock Lane Tranmere
Lancashire Union Railway	Carr Mill
Liverpool and Manchester Railway	Crown Street Huyton Quarry Parkside
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway	Altcar Rifle Range Bootle Village Formby Power Station Liverpool Exchange Liverpool Great Howard Street Miller's Bridge Southport Eastbank Street
Liverpool Overhead Railway	Alexandra Dock (LOR) Brocklebank Dock Brunswick Dock Canada Dock (LOR) Canning Clarence Dock Dingle Gladstone Dock (LOR) Herculaneum Dock Huskisson Dock James Street (LOR) Langton Dock Nelson Dock Pier Head Princes Dock Sandon Dock Seaforth Sands Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock
Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway	Blowick Butts Lane Halt Kew Gardens (Merseyside)
Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway	Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock Haydock Park St Helens Central (GCR)
Manchester and Southport Railway	Southport London Street
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board	Liverpool Riverside
North Mersey Branch	Aintree Racecourse Ford (Merseyside) Linacre Road Gladstone Dock
North Wales and Liverpool Railway	Storeton
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Allerton Church Road Garston Clock Face Crank Halt Garston Dock Gerards Bridge Halebank Moss Bank Old Mill Lane Peasley Cross Rainford Village Robins Lane Halt Rookery Sefton Park Speke Sutton Oak Union Bank Farm Halt Wavertree
West Lancashire Railway	Churchtown Crossens Hesketh Park Southport Ash Street Southport Central St Luke's
Wirral Railway	Birkenhead Dock Liscard and Poulton Seacombe Warren
Other	Vulcan Halt
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Bootle Balliol Road
Balliol Road's platforms would have ended just before the tunnel
Location	Bootle, Sefton England
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
Platforms	2^[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
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