Hillside railway station

For the closed railway station in Australia, see Hillside railway station, Victoria.
Hillside National Rail
Location
Place Birkdale
Local authority Sefton
Coordinates 53°37′19″N 3°01′30″W / 53.622°N 3.025°W / 53.622; -3.025Coordinates: 53°37′19″N 3°01′30″W / 53.622°N 3.025°W / 53.622; -3.025
Grid reference SD323144
Operations
Station code HIL
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*
2004/05  158,618
2005/06 Increase 178,252
2006/07 Decrease 177,678
2007/08 Increase 180,744
2008/09 Increase 0.689 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.579 million
2010/11 Increase 0.590 million
2011/12 Decrease 0.579 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.552 million
2013/14 Steady 0.552 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.542 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone D1
History
Key dates Opened May 1926 (May 1926)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hillside from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hillside railway station serves the southern half of the Birkdale area of Southport, England. It is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

It is the closest station to the Royal Birkdale golf course, and is extremely busy when major events (such as the Open Championship) are held there.

History

Hillside opened in May 1926[1] as an intermediate station on the ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) after the 1923 grouping into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and long after the railway had originally opened in 1848. By this time, the area had developed into a sizable residential suburb of Southport.

Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

Facilities

Safety and security features at this station include cycle storage, CCTV, an induction loop is installed, shelters and seats and a public telephone. There is no wheelchair access at this station, as the only access to the platforms is by stairs; the nearest station with disabled access is Ainsdale. The ticket office is always staffed by at least one member of staff from before the start of train services until 15 minutes from the end of service.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

References

  1. Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations between Southport & Liverpool 1848–1986. Crosby: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4.

External links

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Birkdale
towards Southport
  Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Ainsdale
towards Hunts Cross
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