West Derby railway station

West Derby
West Derby railway station in 2005
Location
Place	West Derby
Area	Liverpool
Coordinates	53°25′44″N 2°54′44″W / 53.4288°N 2.9122°WCoordinates: 53°25′44″N 2°54′44″W / 53.4288°N 2.9122°W
Grid reference	SJ395928
Operations
Line	North Liverpool Extension Line
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Platforms	2[1]
History
1 December 1879	Station opened to passengers
March 1882	Station opened to goods
7 November 1960	Station closed to passengers
1 June 1964	Station closed completely[2][3]
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Legend
Merseyside Lines  Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern Line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern Line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern Line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick(original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

West Derby railway station was located on the North Liverpool Extension Line to the south of Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 December 1879.

It closed to passengers on November 1960 and closed completely five years later.

The line through the station site continued in use by freight trains until 1975, though the tracks were not lifted until early 1979.

The station was about 2 miles away from Croxteth Hall which was the home of Lord Sefton.

By 2015 the trackbed though the station site formed part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

References

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 82-83.
2. Bolger 1984, pp. 8-9.
3. Butt 1995, p. xxx.

Sources

• Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0 947562 00 1.
• 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.

External links

• The station via Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1948 O.S. map via npe Maps
• 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

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Knotty Ash		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line		Clubmoor