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Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway

Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway

Gilbert's Crossing (Birkdale 1st)

July – December 1848 Gilbert's Crossing (Birkdale 2nd)

1848–1852

Ainsdale Corn Mill

from 1848 Freshfield

from 1854 Formby and Altcar

from 1848 Hightown and Ince

1852–1865 (Crosby 1st)

1848–1852 Waterloo

from 1848 Seaforth

from 1850 Marsh Lane

from 1850 Bootle Village

Miller's Bridge

from 1851

Joint L&YR and ELR line

L&YR Liverpool North Docks

from 1854 L&BR North Docks Goods station

L&YR GHS Goods station (1st)

L&NWR Waterloo Goods station

L&YR GHS Goods station (2nd)

Stations and their status as at 1855

Present day:

1878–1964

1878–1964

1878–1964

Manchester–Southport line

Southport (Chapel Street)

1851–

Southport Eastbank Street

1848–1851

1848–

Gilbert's Crossing

1848–1852

1848–

1854–

1848–

1848–

Blundellsands & Crosby

1852–

1848–

Seaforth & Litherland

1850–

North Mersey Branch

Langton Dock Branch

Bootle New Strand

1850–

1850–1876

Bootle Oriel Road

1876–

Alexandra Dock 1881–

Miller's Bridge

1851–1876

Bankfield

Goods Depot

1850–

1854–

North Docks

Liverpool Great Howard Street

Liverpool Exchange

The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway was a British railway company, which opened a line in 1848 between Southport and Waterloo, extending into Liverpool in 1850. The company was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1855. The line is still open.

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