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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
Meols Cop
Ash Street
Butts Lane Halt
Southport Central
Southport London Street
St Luke's
Southport Chapel Street
Southport Lord Street
Birkdale Palace
Kew Gardens
Ainsdale Beach
Heathey Lane Halt
Ainsdale
Shirdley Hill
New Cut Lane Halt
Halsall
Woodvale
Plex Moss Lane Halt
Mossbridge
Barton
Altcar and Hillhouse
Lydiate
Sefton and Maghull
Old Roan
Aintree (CLC)
Aintree
(L&Y)
Aintree Racecourse
Fazakerley Aintree
(L&Y)
Orrell Park

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


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