Kirkdale railway station
Kirkdale 
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The platforms, footbridge and ticket office.
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| Location | |
| Place | Kirkdale |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°26′27″N 2°58′52″W / 53.4408°N 2.9811°WCoordinates: 53°26′27″N 2°58′52″W / 53.4408°N 2.9811°W |
| Grid reference | SJ349942 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KKD |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.084 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.993 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.854 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.866 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.869 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| 20 November 1848 | Opened as Bootle Lane |
| 1 February 1876 | Renamed Kirkdale |
| 2000 | Refurbished |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkdale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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 train maintenance depot, the largest depot on the Merseyrail Network, is located adjacent to the station.
The station originally opened as Bootle Lane 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 1977 it became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.
The station is aligned north-south. Facing north five tunnel portals can be seen north of the platforms.
A cluster of three very short tunnels running under a road, is to the west. The three short tunnels were to give greater throughput and are all on the same line. The extreme west left hand tunnel is used for shunting. The next tunnel is the main Merseyrail Northern Line tunnel. The third tunnel is disused, but was until the late 1960s the fast line for expresses to Yorkshire and Manchester.
To the east is a cluster of two tunnels. The extreme right hand eastern tunnel was an abandoned project. The adjacent tunnel runs in tunnels and cuttings to the disused Walton On The Hill station and was a part of the North Liverpool Extension Line. This section of line was used from 1879 to 1979, however never called at Kirkdale station.
Two freight lines passed through or under the station.
The busy Canada Dock Branch freight only line serving Liverpool Docks passes under the station, roughly north-east to south-west, via a tunnel.
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