Blundellsands & Crosby railway station

Blundellsands & Crosby
Location
Place	Blundellsands
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°29′16″N 3°02′25″W / 53.48767°N 3.04038°WCoordinates: 53°29′16″N 3°02′25″W / 53.48767°N 3.04038°W
Grid reference	SJ310994
Operations
Station code	BLN
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	1.736 million
2011/12	1.643 million
2012/13	1.532 million
2013/14	1.324 million
2014/15	1.370 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C3
History
1848	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blundellsands & Crosby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Blundellsands & Crosby railway station is a railway station in the Blundellsands area of Merseyside, England. It also serves the adjacent town of Crosby. It is situated on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History

Blundellsands & Crosby 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.^[1] 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).

Facilities

The station underwent a revamp at a cost of £250,000 in 2009, including the installation of electronic timetables, in July that year. The refurbishment included a new toilet with disabled access, changes to the waiting rooms such as automatic doors, CCTV, new flooring, seats, new windows and heating. In 2010 a new car park was constructed on the site of the previous one, including include new surfacing, marked bays, lighting and landscaping.

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 in Liverpool via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

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  The view towards Southport, in 1962.

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  A Merseyrail Class 507 arrives with a service from Liverpool.

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  The station entrance, from the roadside.

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  Platform decoration at the station.

References

1. Awdry, p. 88

External links

• Train times and station information for Blundellsands & Crosby railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Blundellsands & Crosby railway station from Merseyrail