Bank Hall railway station is a

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station in Kirkdale,

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, located to the north of the city centre, on the

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of the

Merseyrail Merseyrail is a commuter rail network serving the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. Merseyrail operates 66 railway stations across two lines – the Northern Line and Wirral Line, which are dedicated electri ...

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

Bank Hall opened in 1850 as an intermediate station when the

Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) received parliamentary authorization on 2 July 1847 and opened between Southport and Liverpool, on 24 July 1848. The Liverpool terminal was a temporary station on the viaduct passing near to Wate ...

was extended from its previous terminal at Waterloo to Liverpool Exchange. It became part of the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

(LYR), on 14 June 1855. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the

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on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the

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in 1923.

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followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by

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until

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in 1995). Only one of the two

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s located here is still in use - the other remains but has no track and is heavily overgrown. Bank Hall Station 1752551 bae1269b

Facilities

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.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday (and on summer Sundays) to

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to the north, and to

Hunts Cross Hunt's Cross is a suburb of Liverpool, England. It is located on the southern edge of the city, bordered by the suburbs of Woolton, Allerton, Speke and Halewood and delineated by the West Coast Main Line, Hillfoot Avenue, Merseyrail Northern L ...

via

Liverpool Central Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline ...

to the south. Alternate trains terminate at Liverpool Central southbound on Sundays in summer. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.GB eNRT December 2016 Edition, Table 103

Gallery

Image:Bank Hall Shed geograph-2160009.jpg, A resplendent Stanier Class 5 at Bank Hall Shed in 1948. Image:Rush hour service, Bank Hall Railway Station (geograph 2995765).jpg, A Class 508 arrives with a service into Liverpool. Image:View from the steps at Bank Hall railway station.jpg, A view from the steps. Image:Bank Hall railway station, Liverpool - DSC00763.JPG, A view of the station, from the street.

References

External links

{{Railway stations served by Merseyrail Railway stations in Liverpool DfT Category E stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations served by Merseyrail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850