Kirkdale railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Kirkdale

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caption = Platforms at Kirkdale, with a Class 507 arriving for Ormskirk
code = KKD
manager = Merseyrail
locale = Kirkdale
borough = Liverpool
pte = Merseytravel
zone = C1
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usage0506 = 0.452
usage0607 = 0.442
platforms = 2
years = 1848
events = Opened
years2 = 2000
events2 = Refurbished

Kirkdale railway station is a railway station in Kirkdale, Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It acts as the interchange between the branches to Kirkby and Ormskirk; these lines diverge just north of the station.

Kirkdale TMD, the largest depot on the Merseyrail Network, is located adjacent to the station.

History

It was built by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway and Liverpool and Bury Railway at the start of their joint line into Liverpool, opening in 1848. In 1948 with the advent of British Rail, it became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

The station was extensively refurbished in 2000 to provide an improved footbridge, new lifts on both platforms and a more modern atmosphere, similar to Wavertree Technology Park on the City Line. The refurbishment was several months behind schedule due to the contractor going bust before the project was complete.

To the east of the Liverpool bound platform is a cutting containing the Canada Dock Branch, the branch emerges from a tunnel in the eastern wall and the renters a tunnel to cross under the lines from Liverpool. The CLC's North Liverpool Extension Railway tunnel from Walton is the second tunnel to the east of the Liverpool platform.

ervices

Trains operate every 15 minutes, Monday-Saturday daytime to either Kirkby or Ormskirk to the north, and every 5 or 10 minutes to Liverpool Central to the south. During the evenings and all day Sundays, services are every 30 minutes to Kirkby and Ormskirk, and every 15 minutes to Liverpool.

External links

* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=40 Station information] from Merseyrail

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