Bank Hall railway station

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General information
Location	Liverpool
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BAH
Fare zone	C1
Key dates
1850	Opened

Bank Hall railway station is a railway station in Kirkdale, Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. As the area around the station is made up of largely closed industrial buildings, the station is one of the quietest on the Northern Line.

History

Bank Hall opened in 1850 as an intermediate station when the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway was extended from its previous terminal at Waterloo to Liverpool Exchange. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), on 14 June 1855. 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).

The station in 1962

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. Alternate trains terminate at Liverpool Central southbound on Sundays in summer. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

• 
  A resplendent Stanier Class 5 at Bank Hall Shed in 1948.
• 
  A Class 508 arrives with a service into Liverpool.
• 
  A view from the steps.
• 
  A view of the station, from the street.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bank Hall railway station from National Rail
• Station information for Bank Hall railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bootle Oriel Road towards Southport		Merseyrail Northern Line		Sandhills towards Hunts Cross