Miller's Bridge railway station
Miller's Bridge | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Bootle, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton England |
| Coordinates | 53°26′39″N 2°59′42″W / 53.4443°N 2.9949°W |
| Grid reference | SJ340946 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Key dates | |
| By 1851 | Opened |
| 1 May 1876 | Closed |
Miller's Bridge railway station was a station in Bootle, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1851 and closed in 1876.[1]
The line through the site of the station opened on 1 October 1850 when the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway extended its line from Waterloo south into Liverpool.[2]
The station was opened at the end of 1850 or during 1851.[1][3]
The station was situated on the southern side of Balliol Road where it crossed the railway on a bridge, there were two platforms, one each side of the double-track with a station building located on the east side.[4]
The station closed on 1 May 1876 when it, and Bootle Village station, were replaced by Bootle Oriel Road which was built between them.[1]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bootle Village Line open and station closed |
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
Liverpool North Docks Line and station (now Sandhills) open | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Quick 2023, p. 319.
- ^ Gahan 1985, p. 20.
- ^ Holt & Biddle 1986, p. 33.
- ^ Lancashire Sheet CVI (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1851.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside: Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 decades of trains and travel. ISBN 978-0-907768-07-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) - Holt, Geoffrey O.; Biddle, Gordon (1986). The North West. A Regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-34-1. OCLC 643506870.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
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