Bank Hall railway station

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Bank Hall
Merseyrail
The booking office and platforms.
General information
LocationKirkdale, Liverpool
England
Coordinates53°26′15″N 2°59′15″W / 53.4376°N 2.9875°W / 53.4376; -2.9875
Grid referenceSJ344939
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBAH
Fare zoneC1
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1850Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.257 million
2019/20Increase 0.318 million
2020/21Decrease 93,466
2021/22Increase 0.185 million
2022/23Increase 0.211 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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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.[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). Only one of the two island platforms located here is still in use - the other remains but has no track and is heavily overgrown.[2]

The station in 1962

Facilities

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The station's ticket office is staffed during the hours the station is open (from 05:45 on weekdays, 08:00 Sundays until end of service shortly after midnight). There is a shelter on the platform and digital display screens, but no step-free access from the booking hall down to the platform.[3]

Services

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Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 88. CN 8983.
  2. ^ Thompson, Nigel. "Bank Hall railway station, Merseyside in 2011". Geograph.org. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Bank Hall station facilities". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. ^ GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 82
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bootle Oriel Road
towards Southport
  Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Sandhills
towards Hunts Cross