Bootle Oriel Road railway station

Bootle Oriel Road railway station is a railway station in Bootle, Merseyside, England. It is situated near the town's Victorian civic centre, opposite Bootle Town Hall, although the surrounding area is now largely residential. It is located on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

Bootle Oriel Road
Location	Bootle, Sefton England
Coordinates	53.4468°N 2.9957°W
Grid reference	SJ339949
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BOT
Fare zone	C1/C3
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1850	First station opened as Bootle Village
1876	present station opened
Passengers
2015/16	0.642 million
2016/17	0.637 million
2017/18	0.649 million
2018/19	0.787 million
2019/20	0.843 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Bootle Village Station (on south side of Merton Road) 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. A new station called Bootle Oriel Road (further south from Merton Road) was opened on 1 May 1876 and replaced Bootle Village Station. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), on 14 June 1855.[1] 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 privatised in 1995).

Facilities

There is a booking office where staff are available 15 minutes before the first train until 15 minutes after the last train. Both platforms can be accessed via ramps or lifts. There is car parking for 4 cars and secure cycle storage for 24 cycles, plus toilets and a payphone.[2] Train running information is provided via automated announcements, digital CIS displays, customer help points on each platform and timetable posters.[3]

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.[4]

Gallery

• 
  Bootle Oriel Road in 1962. The two extra tracks on the left are the goods lines from Bankfield.
• 
  A Merseyrail Class 508 departs from the station.
• 
  The Liverpool sculpture outside the station.
• 
  Special access to the new footbridge.

References

1. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 88. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
2. "Bootle-oriel-road train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
3. Bootle Oriel Road station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2017

External links

• Train times and station information for Bootle Oriel Road railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Bootle Oriel Road railway station from Merseyrail