Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station

Waterloo (Merseyside)
A Merseyrail Class 508 at the station.
Location
Place	Waterloo
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°28′30″N 3°01′32″W / 53.4749°N 3.0256°WCoordinates: 53°28′30″N 3°01′32″W / 53.4749°N 3.0256°W
Grid reference	SJ320980
Operations
Station code	WLO
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	1.015 million
2011/12	0.955 million
2012/13	0.857 million
2013/14	1.477 million
2014/15	1.511 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C3
History
1848	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Waterloo (Merseyside) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Waterloo railway station is a railway station in Waterloo, Merseyside, England on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It serves a largely residential area.

History

Waterloo opened in 1848 as the original terminus of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. In 1850, the line was extended to Liverpool Exchange. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), on 14 June 1855,^[1] which took over from the (LCSR). 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).

The station recently completed a refurbishment at a cost of £90,000 which includes an upgraded station entrance, improvements to the staircase and access ramp with installation of double handrails, enhanced lighting, security fencing renovation and a new disabled lift was opened in September 2011.

In early June 2014 it has been announced that this station will be among a small number of stations on the Merseyrail network that will soon see a £3.7m programme of improvements. The station is due to a new canopy to replace a variety of shelters on the platform which will also improve access to and from the platform. Work is due to commence on 26 September 2016.^[2]

Accident

On 15 July 1903, a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway passenger train entered the station at excessive speed and was derailed. Seven people were killed and 116 were injured.^[3]

Services

Trains run to Southport (northbound) and Liverpool Central and Hunts Cross (southbound) at 15 minute frequencies Monday-Saturday (first train to Southport 0609, last train 2354, first train to Hunts Cross 0610, last train 2325, later train to Liverpool Central 2343). On summer Sundays, trains run to Southport and Liverpool Central every 15 minutes, but every 30 minutes to Hunts Cross (first train to Southport 0824, first train to Hunts Cross 0825, last trains as Monday - Saturday). On winter Sundays, the entire Southport - Hunts Cross service runs every 30 minutes.^[4] The change from summer to winter services and vice versa does not match the standard Network Rail timetable date changes.

Gallery

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  A Merseyrail Class 508 approaches the station, from Liverpool.

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  Looking towards the station entrance, from the platform.

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  Platform buildings and furniture at the station.

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  The entrance to the station, from the road.

References

1. Awdry, p. 88
2. New Waterloo Waiting Shelters
3. Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.
4. Merseytravel Railway timetables

External links

• Train times and station information for Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Waterloo railway station from Merseyrail