Formby railway station

Formby
Location
Place	Formby
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°33′13″N 3°04′15″W / 53.5535°N 3.0708°WCoordinates: 53°33′13″N 3°04′15″W / 53.5535°N 3.0708°W
Grid reference	SD291068
Operations
Station code	FBY
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.425 million
2005/06	0.482 million
2006/07	0.526 million
2007/08	0.553 million
2008/09	1.668 million
2009/10	1.577 million
2010/11	1.596 million
2011/12	1.514 million
2012/13	1.402 million
2013/14	1.283 million
2014/15	1.312 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D2
History
Key dates	Opened 1848
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Formby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park.

History

Formby opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), On 14 June 1855.^[1] who took over from the (LCSR). The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).

Formby is mentioned in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann. This is because the Beeching Report listed Formby as a station to be closed, along with the entire Liverpool to Southport route.

The ticket hall and the stairs to the platforms were refurbished with new flooring, lighting and windows being fitted.

In March 2015 a jointly funded £1.6 million scheme to install two new passenger lifts to improve platform access began - with one lift serving each platform.^[2] The installation of the lifts was completed in September 2015.^[3]

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

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  The ticket office at Formby.

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  The station frontage, on the main road.

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  A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the station.

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  A building on the Southport-bound platform.

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  The station from the south

References

1. Awdry, p. 88
2. "New lifts for Formby station". Merseytravel. Merseytravel. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
3. "New Lifts at Formby Station". Merseyrail. Merseyrail. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

External links

• Train times and station information for Formby railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Formby railway station from Merseyrail