Birkdale railway station

For the railway station in Australia, see Birkdale railway station, Brisbane.

For the closed railway station in Birkdale, Merseyside, see Birkdale Palace railway station.

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General information
Location	Sefton
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BDL
Fare zone	D1
Key dates
1848	Opened

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 (LYR), on 14 June 1855. 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.

Gallery

• 
  The Liverpool-bound platform.
• 
  Looking north, along the Liverpool-bound platform.
• 
  The disused signal box.
• 
  Birkdale Station entrance, in 1964.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Southport terminus		Merseyrail Northern Line		Hillside towards Hunts Cross