Bootle New Strand railway station is a railway station in the centre of

Bootle Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449. Historically part of Lancashire, Bootle's ...

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, England. It is on the

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of the

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network and serves in particular the nearby

New Strand Shopping Centre The New Strand Shopping Centre, known locally simply as The Strand, is the main shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, England. Opened in 1968, it was part of a larger Bootle redevelopment during this period, which was also complemented by the e ...

. The platforms are elevated and are reached by ramps from the entrance at street level. Connecting bus services leave from the nearby

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in the basement of New Strand Shopping Centre.

History

Bootle New Strand 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. Originally it was named Marsh Lane & Strand Road, until 1968 when the nearby

was built. The LC&SR 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 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 has a ticket office and is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. There is step-free access to both platforms provided by 30 metre long ramps. There are cycle racks for 10 cycles and secure cycle storage for 32 cycles. There is a newsagents in the main building and a public telephone on platform 1. Service running information is available via CIS screens, automated announcements, customer help points and timetable poster boards.

Services

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

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...

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. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

File:Looking north, Bootle New Strand Railway Station (geograph 2995598).jpg, Looking north along the Liverpool-bound platform. File:Signal and roof, Bootle New Strand Railway Station (geograph 2995613).jpg, The northern end of the station. File:Entrance to Bootle New Strand railway station.jpg, The main entrance to the station. File:Departure, Bootle New Strand Railway Station (geograph 2994518).jpg, A Merseyrail Class 507 departs towards Liverpool.

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{{Railway stations served by Merseyrail Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton DfT Category E stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations served by Merseyrail Bootle Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850