West Derby railway station was located on the

North Liverpool Extension Line The North Liverpool Extension Line was a railway line in Liverpool, England in operation between 1879 and 1972. It was at one stage intended to become the eastern section of the Merseyrail Outer Loop, an orbital line circling the city. Histo ...

to the south of Mill Lane,

West Derby West Derby ( ) is an affluent suburb of Liverpool, England. It is located East of the city and is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382. History West Derby Mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', Wes ...

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

, England. It opened on 1 December 1879. The station closed to passengers in November 1960 closing completely five years later. The line through the station site continued in use by freight trains until 1975, with the tracks being lifted in early 1979. The station was about 2 miles away from

Croxteth Hall Croxteth Hall is a country estate and Grade II* listed building in the West Derby suburb of Liverpool, England. It is the former country estate and ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton. After the death of the sevent ...

which was the home of Lord Sefton. The platforms are extant with the station building converted to a private residence and shop. The trackbed through the station site forms a part of the

Trans Pennine Trail The Trans Pennine Trail is a long-distance path running from coast to coast across Northern England entirely on surfaced paths and using only gentle gradients (it runs largely along disused railway lines and canal towpaths). It forms part of ...

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The station via ''Disused Stations UK''

The station on an 1888 OS map overlay via ''National Library of Scotland''

The station and line HTS via ''railwaycodes''

The station via ''flickr''

The trackbed via ''Sustrans''
Disused railway stations in Liverpool Former Cheshire Lines Committee stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 {{Merseyside-railstation-stub