Garston (Merseyside) railway station

Garston (Merseyside)
A Class 507 unit at Garston (Merseyside) railway station
Location
Place	Garston
Area	Liverpool
Coordinates	53°21′26″N 2°53′41″W / 53.3572°N 2.8946°WCoordinates: 53°21′26″N 2°53′41″W / 53.3572°N 2.8946°W
Grid reference	SJ405848
Operations
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	CLC London Midland Region of British Railways Merseyrail
Platforms	2
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	190,778
2005/06 *	222,247
2006/07 *	42,886
History
1 April 1874	Opened as Garston
17 April 1972	Closed
2 January 1978	Reopened as Garston (Lancs)
1979	Renamed Garston (Merseyside)
10 June 2006	Closed
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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

Garston station was a railway station in the Garston district of Liverpool, England. The station was located on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban rail network. The station was closed in 2006 when it was replaced by Liverpool South Parkway, which is a combined bus and rail interchange. The proximity of the stations was so close the platforms of South Parkway nearly merged onto the Garston station's platforms.

History

A 1913 Railway Clearing House map showing (left) railways in the vicinity of Garston

The station was opened on 1 April 1874 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.^[1] It was served by local services between Liverpool Central, Warrington and Manchester, and also to Aintree Central on the North Liverpool Extension Line.

In 1960 the passenger service to Aintree was cut back to Gateacre. In 1966 services from Manchester were diverted to Liverpool Lime Street, leaving Garston with just the Gateacre-Liverpool train. This service continued until 17 April 1972, when Garston station closed^[1] along with the line from Liverpool Central.

In 1978 the former CLC route through Garston was partially reinstated as part of the electrified Northern Line of Merseyrail, and the station reopened on 2 January 1978^[1] as a single platform terminus for services from Kirkby. Prior to the 1972 closure, the station had been named simply Garston, but upon reopening in 1978, it became Garston (Lancs), which was changed in 1979 to Garston (Merseyside).^[1] In 1983 services were extended further south to Hunts Cross and Garston once again became a through station with two platforms. In 1984 services were diverted to run to Southport instead of Kirkby.

In 2004 work began on a combined rail-bus interchange at Liverpool South Parkway. The new station's proximity to Garston rendered the old station surplus to requirements. Garston closed on 10 June 2006 and Liverpool South Parkway opened the following day.

The station was demolished soon after closure and no trace remains as of 2013.^[2]

Services

At the time of closure, trains operated to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south at 15 minute intervals, Monday-Saturday daytimes. During evenings and all day Sundays, the frequency was every 30 minutes.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. "Disused Stations - Garston"Disused Station; Retrieved 10 May 2016

External links

• Disused Stations Site Record