Copeland Rail Users Group

Bootle

Bootle railway station is actually at Hycemoor (the area is otherwise known as Bootle Station), about 2 kilometres (1 1/4 miles) from Bootle, on the road towards the beach and Eskmeals. The station is signed from the A595 in Bootle village.

There is a signalman’s portaloo on the Carlisle platform but no public toilet. The nearest public toilet is at Bootle village. The road crossing has manual gates operated by the signal box staff.

Apart from that, there are all the usual facilities of a station: timetables on both platforms, and shelters with seats. The shelter on the northbound platform is particularly large and spacious. Adjacent to the large shelter there is a covered cycle store for 7 bikes.

Both platforms are accessed by a fairly shallow ramp, but the platform heights are too low for easy access to the train. The line can only be crossed on a footway next to the gates (or on the road).

There is no car park, but limited parking is available for a few cars on adjacent strips of road edge, provided no obstruction results. On the road towards Bootle village, about 30 metres along, there is a public phone box. There are no shops or pubs nearby.

 

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The station is signposted from the A595, and at each subsequent junction. The last bit of road access is by an unmetalled single-car-width track. There is no car park, but there is space for 4 to 5 cars at the end of the track.
 
The platform is gained by a gate at the south end, and up a ramp. The platform itself is low, and the surface is unmade. Wooden steps are available to assist entry and exit from the train.  
 
There is a shelter of the bus-stop style, with seating, and open seating on the platform. There are notice boards with timetables. There is a telephone on the platform in a small box on a post, and is marked "Public Information Telephone". Inside the box, it states that it's linked to the Sellafield signal box. 
There is a caravan park next to the station.