Hall Road railway station

Hall Road National Rail
Location
Place Blundellsands
Local authority Sefton
Coordinates 53°29′51″N 3°02′59″W / 53.4975°N 3.0497°W / 53.4975; -3.0497Coordinates: 53°29′51″N 3°02′59″W / 53.4975°N 3.0497°W / 53.4975; -3.0497
Grid reference SD304006
Operations
Station code HLR
Managed by Merseyrail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  69,251
2005/06 Increase 76,158
2006/07 Increase 88,355
2007/08 Increase 91,686
2008/09 Increase 288,584
2009/10 Decrease 270,198
2010/11 Decrease 269,744
2011/12 Decrease 256,008
2012/13 Decrease 240,056
2013/14 Increase 247,266
2014/15 Increase 259,738
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone C3
History
Key dates Opened 1874 (1874)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hall Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hall Road railway station serves Blundellsands in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. Hall Road TMD was adjacent to the station.

History

Hall Road opened in 1874 as an intermediate station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR),[1] at a request from Joseph Gardner, a local merchant. Initially the railway company refused, but relented when he had five further houses built in the same location.[2] The LYR electrified the line, using the third-rail system, and services started on 5 April 1904. 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 1977 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).

In early June 2014 it was announced that the station would be among a small number of stations across the Merseyrail network that would undergo a £3.7m programme of improvements. The station will see Merseyrail working with Merseytravel to provide a car park with 107 spaces to improve facilities for customers. Work is due to commence on 26 September 2016.[3]

Accidents

1905 accident

On 27 July 1905, a Southport-bound express train collided at the station with an empty local service operating to Liverpool Exchange. 20 deaths and 48 injuries resulted, although both drivers survived.[4]

1961 accident

On 9 October 1961 two electric trains collided at around 7.34 am due to a signalman admitting both trains into the section at the same time. The motorman of one of the trains was injured and two passengers were injured, one seriously. The official report concluded that irregular working by the signalman and an error by one of the train drivers was the cause of the accident.[5]

1977 accident

An accident took place on 4 July 1977 when a Class 502 unit, working a service to Liverpool Central, ran into the rear of another train near the station. 35 people were injured. Errors by the train driver and signalling irregularities were blamed for the collision.[6]

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

References

  1. ↑ Awdry, p. 88
  2. ↑ Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations between Southport & Liverpool 1848–1986. Crosby: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4.
  3. ↑ Hall Road New Car Park
  4. ↑ "Railways Archive copy of report into 1905 collision" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Railways Archive copy of report into 1961 collision" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Railways Archive copy of report into 1977 collision" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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