Kew Gardens railway station (Merseyside)

Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens railway station circa 1930, looking north towards Southport
Location
Place	Southport
Area	Sefton
Coordinates	53°37′58″N 2°58′07″W / 53.6329°N 2.9687°WCoordinates: 53°37′58″N 2°58′07″W / 53.6329°N 2.9687°W
Operations
Original company	Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1887	Opened
26 September 1938	Closed (regular services)
1952	Closed (all services)
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction railway
Legend
Altcar and Hillhouse Junction with SCLER Barton Plex Moss Lane Haltfrom 1906 Halsall New Cut Lane Haltfrom 1906 Shirdley Hill Heathey Lane Haltfrom 1907 M&SR Kew Gardens Butts Lane Haltfrom 1907 Blowick Meols Cop Junction with WLR St Luke'sfrom 1902 Junction with M&SR Southport Ash Streetuntil 1902 Southport Centraluntil 1901 Junction with LCSR Southport Chapel Stfrom 1901

Kew Gardens was a railway station on the edge of Southport, Merseyside, England, situated north of the A570 between Meols Cop Road and Foul Lane.

The line and station were built by the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, opening on 1 November 1887.

Kew Gardens served and was named after a nearby 12-acre (49,000 m²) park and boating lake, which closed around 1930. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938, though the line remained open for goods traffic until 21 January 1952. The track was left in place until 1964 for the storage of excursion stock.

The site has since been redeveloped and is now occupied by a retail park.

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, ISBN 0-947562-04-4.

External links

• Kew Gardens via Disused Stations
• The line and mileages via Railwaycodes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Meols Cop until 1907		Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Branch		Shirdley Hill until 1907
Butts Lane Halt from 1907				Heathey Lane Halt from 1907