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Garston (Merseyside)
A Class 507 unit at Garston (Merseyside) railway station
General information
Location	Garston, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°21′26″N 2°53′41″W / 53.3572°N 2.8946°W / 53.3572; -2.8946
Grid reference	SJ405848
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	CLC London Midland Region of British Railways Merseyrail
Key dates
1 April 1874 (1874-04-01)	Opened as Garston
17 April 1972	Closed
2 January 1978	Reopened as Garston (Lancs)
1979	Renamed Garston (Merseyside)
10 June 2006 (2006-06-10)	Closed
Passengers
2002/03	141,022
2003/04	Statistics not produced
2004/05	190,778
2005/06	222,247
2006/07	42,886
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Cheshire Lines Committee
Legend
Merseyside Lines
Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

Garston railway station was a railway station in the Garston district of Liverpool, England. The station was located on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban rail network. The station was closed in 2006 when it was replaced by Liverpool South Parkway, which is a combined bus and rail interchange. The proximity of the stations was so close the platforms of South Parkway nearly merged onto the Garston station's platforms.

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1874 by the Cheshire Lines Committee. It was served by local services between Liverpool Central, Warrington and Manchester, and also to Aintree Central on the North Liverpool Extension Line.

In 1960, the passenger service to Aintree was cut back to Gateacre. In 1966 services from Manchester were diverted to Liverpool Lime Street, leaving Garston with just the Gateacre-Liverpool train. This service continued until 17 April 1972, when Garston station closed along with the line from Liverpool Central.

In 1978, the former CLC route through Garston was partially reinstated as part of the electrified Northern Line of Merseyrail, and the station reopened on 2 January 1978 as a single platform terminus for services from Kirkby. Prior to the 1972 closure, the station had been named simply Garston, but upon reopening in 1978, it became Garston (Lancs), which was changed in 1979 to Garston (Merseyside). In 1983 services were extended further south to Hunts Cross and Garston once again became a through station with two platforms. In 1984 services were diverted to run to Southport instead of Kirkby. From the airports opening in 1933 until 1986 it was the nearest station to Liverpool Airport.

In 2004, work began on a combined rail-bus interchange at Liverpool South Parkway. The new station's proximity to Garston rendered the old station surplus to requirements. Garston closed on 10 June 2006 and Liverpool South Parkway opened the following day.

The station was demolished soon after closure, but the access road with its original road markings still exist.

Services

At the time of closure, trains operated to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south at 15-minute intervals, Monday-Saturday daytimes. During evenings and all day Sundays, the frequency was every 30 minutes.

See also

• Allerton TMD
• Allerton Junction
• Garston Dock railway station
• Hunts Cross chord

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. "Disused Stations - Garston"Disused Station; Retrieved 10 May 2016

External links

• Disused Stations Site Record

v t e Closed railway stations in Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway	Caldy Heswall Kirby Park Thurstaston
Canada Dock Branch	Alexandra Dock Bootle Balliol Road Breck Road Canada Dock Edge Lane Spellow Stanley Tue Brook Walton & Anfield
Cheshire Lines Committee	Ainsdale Beach Aintree Central Birkdale Palace Childwall Clubmoor Garston (Merseyside) Gateacre Huskisson Knotty Ash Liverpool Central High Level Liverpool St James Otterspool Sefton and Maghull Southport Lord Street Walton on the Hill Warbreck West Derby Woodvale
Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Birkenhead Grange Lane Birkenhead Monks Ferry Birkenhead Town Birkenhead Woodside Rock Lane Tranmere
East Lancashire Railway	Southport London Street
Lancashire Union Railway	Carr Mill
Liverpool and Manchester Railway	Crown Street Huyton Quarry Parkside
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway	Altcar Rifle Range Bootle Village Formby Power Station Liverpool Exchange Liverpool Great Howard Street Miller's Bridge Southport Eastbank Street
Liverpool Overhead Railway	Alexandra Dock (LOR) Brocklebank Dock Brunswick Dock Canada Dock (LOR) Canning Clarence Dock Dingle Gladstone Dock (LOR) Herculaneum Dock Huskisson Dock James Street (LOR) Langton Dock Nelson Dock Pier Head Princes Dock Sandon Dock Seaforth Sands Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock
Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway	Blowick Butts Lane Halt Kew Gardens (Merseyside)
Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway	Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock Haydock Park St Helens Central (GCR)
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board	Liverpool Riverside
North Mersey Branch	Aintree Racecourse Ford (Merseyside) Linacre Road Gladstone Dock
North Wales and Liverpool Railway	Storeton
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Allerton Church Road Garston Clock Face Crank Halt Garston Dock Gerards Bridge Halebank Moss Bank Old Mill Lane Peasley Cross Rainford Village Robins Lane Halt Rookery Sefton Park Speke Sutton Oak Union Bank Farm Halt Wavertree
West Lancashire Railway	Churchtown Crossens Hesketh Park Southport Ash Street Southport Central St Luke's
Wirral Railway	Birkenhead Dock Liscard and Poulton Seacombe Warren
Other	Vulcan Halt
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