Bootle Oriel Road railway station
Bootle Oriel Road railway station is a railway station in Bootle, Merseyside, England. It is situated near the town's Victorian civic centre, opposite Bootle Town Hall, although the surrounding area is now largely residential. It is located on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.
History
Bootle Oriel Road railway station was opened as Bootle on 1 May 1876 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on its to line to replace two stations, and, it was sited between them. The station was constructed by Dransfield and Company at a cost of £6,684.The station was built largely of "yellow glazed bricks with an over-abundance of roofing supported on numerous iron columns". There are four platforms, the centre ones being a wide island, connected by a subway. the booking office faces onto Oriel Road and there is a cab rank.
There an additional two tracks that avoid the station on the western side behind a wall descending to Bankfield Goods Yard.
The station was renamed to Bootle Oriel Road on 2 June 1924.
Most of the services through the station were going to or from and, there were additional commuter services on this line that terminated at prior to electrification in 1904 and afterwards. From 1906 to 1951 services also ran through the station on a route from to.
Passengers from the London and North Western Railway's station could access the station via a long sloping footpath and a short walk along Oriel Road.
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.
In 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.