Freshfield railway station

Freshfield
Location
Place	Freshfield
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°33′58″N 3°04′19″W / 53.5660°N 3.0719°WCoordinates: 53°33′58″N 3°04′19″W / 53.5660°N 3.0719°W
Grid reference	SD291082
Operations
Station code	FRE
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	0.250 million
2005/06	0.266 million
2006/07	0.278 million
2007/08	0.284 million
2008/09	0.828 million
2009/10	0.798 million
2010/11	0.795 million
2011/12	0.760 million
2012/13	0.715 million
2013/14	0.741 million
2014/15	0.772 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D2
History
Key dates	Opened 1854
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Freshfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Freshfield opened in 1854 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It was built at the insistence of the local landowner, Thomas Fresh, to provide him access to the railway, as when the railway opened in 1848, there was no village for it to serve. Fresh donated his own land for the purpose.^[1] It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), On 14 June 1855.^[2] 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).

The platforms at Freshfield station were refurbished between December 2010 and April 2011.

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 station footbridge and level crossing.

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  The view from the footbridge, looking north.

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  Buildings on the Southport-bound platform.

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  A broad view of the station.

References

1. Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside. Birkenhead: Countryvise Ltd. p. 88. ISBN 0-905466-73-X.
2. Awdry, p. 88

External links

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

• Station information for Freshfield railway station from Merseyrail