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Former railway station in Merseyside

Southport London Street
General information
LocationSouthport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
England
Coordinates53°38′43″N 3°00′00″W / 53.6454°N 2.9999°W / 53.6454; -2.9999
Grid referenceSD339170
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened9 April 1855 (1855-04-09)
Closed1 April 1857 (1857-04-01)
Original companyEast Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Southport/Aintree lines
Legend
West Lancashire Rly
to Preston
Meols Cop
Ash Street Butts Lane Halt
Southport Central
Southport London Street St Luke's
Southport Chapel Street
Southport Lord Street Manchester–Southport line
Birkdale Palace Kew Gardens
Ainsdale Beach Heathey Lane Halt
Ainsdale Shirdley Hill
New Cut Lane Halt
Liverpool, Crosby &
Southport Railway
Halsall
Woodvale Plex Moss Lane Halt
Mossbridge Barton
Southport & Cheshire
Lines Extension Rly
Liverpool, Southport &
Preston Junction Rly
Altcar and Hillhouse
Lydiate Northern line to Ormskirk
Sefton and Maghull Old Roan
Aintree (CLC) Aintree (L&Y)
Northern line to Kirkby
Ford
North Mersey Branch
Aintree Racecourse
Fazakerley Aintree (L&Y)
Orrell Park Northern line to Liverpool
Northern line to Liverpool
North Liverpool
Extension Line

Southport London Street was a railway station in Southport, Merseyside.

History

It opened on 9 April 1855 as the East Lancashire Railway's terminus for the Manchester and Southport Railway, a line that it had acquired and jointly operated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

The station closed on 1 April 1857, with all services transferred to the adjacent Southport Chapel Street, though the station buildings remained in use as a 'repairing shed' (according to the 1894 Ordnance Survey).

An expansion of Chapel Street in 1914 swallowed the site completely, though its name was preserved with platforms 12 and 13 dubbed the "London Street Excursion Platforms". When Chapel Street was rebuilt in the early 1970s, the excursion platforms were filled in to make space for a car park.

References

  1. ^ Quick 2023, p. 424.
  2. Marshall 1969, p. 158.
  3. Lancashire LXXV.9 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
  4. Gell 1986.

Bibliography

Further reading


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bescar Lane   East Lancashire Railway
Manchester and Southport Railway
  Terminus
Closed railway stations in Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway







Canada Dock Branch
Cheshire Lines Committee
Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
East Lancashire Railway
Lancashire Union Railway
Liverpool and
Manchester Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport Railway
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction Railway
Liverpool, St Helens and
South Lancashire Railway
Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board
North Mersey Branch
North Wales and
Liverpool Railway
St Helens and
Runcorn Gap Railway
West Lancashire Railway
Wirral Railway
Other


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