Bootle Balliol Road railway station

Bootle Balliol Road
Balliol Road's platforms would have ended just before the tunnel
General information
LocationBootle, Sefton
England
Coordinates53°26′41″N 2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°W / 53.4448; -2.9948
Grid referenceSJ 340 946
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 September 1881 (1881-09-05)Opened as Balliol Road
1 January 1891Renamed Bootle Balliol Road
31 May 1948Last passenger train called
26 February 1949Officially closed
Location

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.


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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