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Hillside railway station

Railway station in Merseyside, England

Summary

Railway station in Merseyside, England

Field	Value
name	Hillside
symbol_location	gb
symbol	liverpool
image	Looking_North,_Hillside_Railway_Station_(geograph_2993512).jpg
borough	Birkdale, Sefton
country	England
coordinates
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	Merseyrail
platforms	2
code	HIL
zone	D1
classification	DfT category E
transit_authority	Merseytravel
opened	May 1926
events	Opened
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footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hillside railway station serves the southern half of the Birkdale area of Southport, England. It is located on the Northern Line of the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's.

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 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 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 stations with disabled access are Birkdale and Ainsdale. The ticket office is always staffed by at least one member of staff from before the start of train services until 00:30 each evening. There is cycle storage for 6 cycles and secure storage for 40 cycles.

Merseytravel announced in April 2019 that they had been successful in a bid for funding lifts being installed at the station under the Department for Transport's ‘Access for All’ programme. The lifts are expected to be installed at some point over the following five years. The lifts had their official opening on 21 October 2022.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday to Southport to the north, and to Liverpool Central to the south. Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

File:Hillside Railway Station.jpg|The station ticket office, viewed from the road. File:Platform building, Hillside Railway Station (geograph 2993486).jpg|The waiting room on the Southport-bound platform. File:Main building, Hillside Railway Station (geograph 2993494).jpg|The booking office and footbridge, viewed from the platform. File:To Hunts Cross, Hillside Railway Station (geograph 2993474).jpg|A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the station.

References

Gell, Rob. (1986). "An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations between Southport & Liverpool 1848–1986". Heyday Publishing Company.
[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/hil/details.html Hillside station facilities] ''National Rail Enquiries''; Retrieved 13 December 2016
"Hillside train station {{!}} timetable {{!}} ticket prices & facilities".
(5 April 2019). "Merseytravel secures funding for passenger lifts at six Merseyrail stations". Liverpool Business News.
(21 October 2022). "Rail users set to benefit as Hillside becomes latest station to go step-free". Merseytravel.
{{NRtimes. May 2023. 82

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