Birkdale railway station
Railway station in Southport, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the railway station in Australia, see Birkdale railway station, Brisbane. For the closed railway station in Birkdale, Merseyside, see Birkdale Palace railway station.
Birkdale railway station serves the Birkdale suburb of Southport, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.
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Location | Birkdale, Sefton England | ||||
Coordinates | 53.6340°N 3.0145°W / 53.6340; -3.0145 | ||||
Grid reference | SD330157 | ||||
Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BDL | ||||
Fare zone | D1 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
Key dates | |||||
31 July 1848 | Opened as "Gilbert's Crossing" 56 chains (1.1 km) nearer Liverpool | ||||
1851 | Replaced on present site as "Birkdale Park"[1] | ||||
Before 1910 | Renamed "Birkdale"[2] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 1.258 million | ||||
2019/20 | 1.362 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.337 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.852 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.975 million | ||||
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