Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway

Southport and Cheshire; Lines Extension Railway
Overview
Locale	Lancashire; Merseyside
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
	Liverpool, Southport and
	Preston Junction Railway

The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway is a now-disused railway line in Merseyside, England. It was built by the Cheshire Lines Committee, extending the North Liverpool Extension Line to Southport in 1884.^[1]^[2]

Route

North Liverpool Extension Line
Aintree Central, Aintree. 13 July 1880 – 7 November 1960.
Southport Junction
Junction with Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
Sefton and Maghull, Maghull. 1884–1952.
Lydiate, Lydiate. 1884–1952.
Altcar and Hillhouse, Altcar 1884–1952.
Junction with Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway 1884.
Mossbridge 1884–1917.
Woodvale, Woodvale. 1884–1952.
Ainsdale Beach, Ainsdale. 1901–1952.
Birkdale Palace, Birkdale. 1884–1952.
Southport Lord Street, Southport. 1884–1952.

Closure

Passenger services ended 7 January 1952 and goods six months later. The line remained in intermittent use from Aintree to Altcar and Hillhouse to provide access to private sidings until May 1960, when the line was finally lifted.

The route today

The trackbed forms part of National Cycle Network Route 62, the Trans Pennine Trail. From Woodvale northwards the trail is joined by the Sefton Coastal Road.

References

Footnotes

↑ Bolger 1984, pp. 5-9.
↑ Dow 1962, pp. 140-2.

Sources

Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-00-1.
Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864–1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.

External links

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[FOOTNOTEBolger19845-9-1] Bolger 1984, pp. 5-9.

[FOOTNOTEDow1962140-2-2] Dow 1962, pp. 140-2.