Southport London Street railway station
Southport London Street | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton England |
| Coordinates | 53°38′43″N 3°00′00″W / 53.6454°N 2.9999°W |
| Grid reference | SD339170 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 9 April 1855 |
| Closed | 1 April 1857 |
| Original company | East Lancashire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Southport London Street was a railway station in Southport, Merseyside.
History[edit]
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.[1]
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).[1][2][3]
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".[4] When Chapel Street was rebuilt in the early 1970s, the excursion platforms were filled in to make space for a car park.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 424.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 158.
- ^ Lancashire LXXV.9 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
- ^ Gell 1986.
Bibliography[edit]
- Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4. (No page numbers.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4352-4.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
Further reading[edit]
- Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside. Countywise Limited. pp. 91–93. ISBN 0-907768-07-5., and Avon Anglia Publications, ISBN 0-905466-73-X.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bescar Lane | East Lancashire Railway Manchester and Southport Railway |
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