Town Green railway station is a

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in Town Green, Aughton,

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, England, situated on the

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branch of

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Location

It is located at the junction of Town Green Lane and Middlewood Road with pedestrian and vehicular access from Middlewood Road. The booking hall opens onto the south bound platform and the Aughton

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now occupies rooms opening off the booking hall.

Facilities

The station is staffed throughout the day, with the ticket office open from start of service until 00:20. There is a waiting room in the main building and a shelter on the opposite side, with a footbridge linking them. Digital display screens, timetable posters and automatic announcements are used to convey train running information. There are lifts available and step-free access to both platforms.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) between Ormskirk and

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, and every 30 minutes in the evening and all day Sunday.

History

Town Green station was regularly used as an overnight base for the Royal trains when the Royal family were visiting Knowsley Hall – the home of Lord Derby or attending the

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race meeting at

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. se
Royal Trains List (p19/204)
. To the Liverpool end of Town Green station on the Ormskirk bound side and behind the signal box there used to be a small loop line with a very low white painted station which was the platform used by the train. this now forms the car park of the Aughton Institute The

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(erected by

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in 1949 to replace an earlier

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structure dating from 1875) was closed and demolished when the line was resignalled in February 1994 – from October 1970 until its demise, it remotely operated the points and signalling at Ormskirk as well as at this station."Town Green Signal Box"
'Line Clear - Signal Boxes in the North West''; Retrieved 30 March 2016

Gallery

File:Merseyrail Class 507, 507016, Town Green railway station (geograph 3786789).jpg, A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the Ormskirk-bound platform. File:Merseyrail Class 507, 507002, Town Green railway station (geograph 3786772).jpg, A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the Liverpool-bound platform. File:Town Green railway station, Aughton (3).JPG, The station as viewed from the roadside drop-off point. File:Town Green railway station, Aughton (5).JPG, Aughton police station, on the Liverpool-bound platform.

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Railway stations in the Borough of West Lancashire DfT Category E stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations served by Merseyrail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Aughton, West Lancashire {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub