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Birkdale
General information
LocationSefton
Managed byMerseyrail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBDL
Fare zoneD1
Key dates
1848Opened

Birkdale railway station serves the Birkdale suburb of Southport, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Birkdale opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, 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).

Birkdale is the only station on the line that still has a signal box standing. It is unknown if it is under control from a computer or derelict.

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. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Media related to Birkdale railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hillside   Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Southport