Bootle New Strand railway station

Bootle New Strand railway station is a railway station in the centre of Bootle, Merseyside, England. It is on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network and serves in particular the nearby New Strand Shopping Centre. The platforms are elevated and are reached by ramps from the entrance at street level. Connecting bus services leave from the nearby bus station in the basement of New Strand Shopping Centre.

Bootle New Strand
LocationBootle, Sefton
England
Coordinates53.4534°N 2.9946°W / 53.4534; -2.9946
Grid referenceSJ340956
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBNW
Fare zoneC3
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2015/16 0.976 million
2016/17 0.982 million
2017/18 0.966 million
2018/19 1.026 million
2019/20 1.221 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Bootle New Strand 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. Originally it was named Marsh Lane & Strand Road, until 1968 when the nearby New Strand Shopping Centre was built. The LC&SR 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 privatisation in 1995).

Facilities

The station has a ticket office and is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. There is step-free access to both platforms provided by 30 metre long ramps. There are cycle racks for 10 cycles and secure cycle storage for 32 cycles as well as facilities to rent bikes as part of Merseyrail's Go Cycle scheme.[2] There is a newsagents in the main building and a public telephone on platform 1. Service running information is available via CIS screens, automated announcements, customer help points and timetable poster boards.[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.[4] Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

  • Looking north along the Liverpool-bound platform.
  • The northern end of the station.
  • The main entrance to the station.
  • A Merseyrail Class 507 departs towards Liverpool.

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-new-strand train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. Bootle New Strand station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  4. Table 103 National Rail timetable, May 2017
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Seaforth & Litherland
towards Southport		   Merseyrail
Northern Line		   Bootle Oriel Road
towards Hunts Cross
Disused railways
Seaforth
Line and station open		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway		   Bootle Village
Line open, station closed
Linacre Road   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
North Mersey Branch		   Terminus
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