Sandhills railway station
Merseyrail Class 508 at Platform 1 in 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kirkdale, Liverpool England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°25′48″N 2°59′30″W / 53.4300°N 2.9917°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ342930 | ||||
| Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
| Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SDL | ||||
| Fare zone | C1 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1854 | Opened as Liverpool North Docks | ||||
| about 1855 | Renamed North Docks | ||||
| 1857 | Renamed Sandhills | ||||
| By July 1881 | Platforms relocated | ||||
| 1974 | Station refurbished | ||||
| 2008 | Station refurbished | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 1.299 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.342 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.123 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.815 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.232 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.779 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.556 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.858 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.599 million | ||||
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Sandhills 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 was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and now stands at the junction between the branch to Southport and the branch to Ormskirk and Kirkby.
The two platforms form a single island, overlooking the River Mersey on one side, and the former industrial area of Commercial Road on the other. It is also used by football fans heading for Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. matches: a bus service called Soccerbus runs between the station and the football stadiums on match-days only.
Previously passengers had to walk up a ramp to reach the ticket office, then through a subway and up ramps to reach the platform. Now the ramp remains, with alternate staircase. Leading to a lift directly into the booking office, accessing both sides of the island platforms.