Miller's Bridge railway station

Miller's Bridge
General information
Location	Bootle, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton England
Coordinates	53.4443°N 2.9949°W / 53.4443; -2.9949
Grid reference	SJ340946
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Key dates
By 1851	Opened
1 May 1876 (1876-05-01)	Closed

Miller's Bridge railway station was a station in Bootle, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1851 and closed in 1876.[1]

The line through the site of the station opened on 1 October 1850 when the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway extended its line from Waterloo south into Liverpool.[2]

The station was opened at the end of 1850 or during 1851.[1][3]

The station was situated on the southern side of Balliol Road where it crossed the railway on a bridge, there were two platforms, one each side of the double-track with a station building located on the east side.[4]

The station closed on 1 May 1876 when it, and Bootle Village station, were replaced by Bootle Oriel Road which was built between them.[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bootle Village Line open and station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway		Liverpool North Docks Line and station (now Sandhills) open

References

1. Quick 2023, p. 319.
2. Gahan 1985, p. 20.
3. Holt & Biddle 1986, p. 33.
4. Lancashire Sheet CVI (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1851.

Bibliography

• Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside: Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 decades of trains and travel. ISBN 978-0-907768-07-5.
• Holt, Geoffrey O.; Biddle, Gordon (1986). The North West. A Regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-34-1. OCLC 643506870.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.