Butts Lane Halt was a railway station in the
Blowick
Blowick is a suburb on the east side of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England.
History and etymology
Blowick is part of the ancient parish of North Meols and was formerly a detached settlement, on the northern fringe of what is now Southpor ...
suburb of
Southport,
Merseyside.
History
The station opened on 18 December 1909 as a
halt on the
Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level, situated on an embankment to the south of Butts Lane bridge.
The station closed on 26 September 1938, though the line remains open and is today used by trains on the
Northern
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Geography
* North, a point in direction
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* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ra ...
Manchester to Southport Line.
References
Sources
*
* Gell, Rob (1986). ''An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986''. Heyday Publishing Company, .
External links
Butts Lane Halt via ''Disused Stations''The line and mileages via ''Railwaycodes''
Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1938
Buildings and structures in Southport
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