Maghull railway station

Maghull
Maghull railway station, from the Liverpool platform
Location
Place	Maghull
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°30′23″N 2°55′52″W / 53.5064°N 2.9311°WCoordinates: 53°30′23″N 2°55′52″W / 53.5064°N 2.9311°W
Grid reference	SD383015
Operations
Station code	MAG
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	0.432 million
2005/06	0.502 million
2006/07	0.610 million
2007/08	0.697 million
2008/09	2.144 million
2009/10	1.999 million
2010/11	1.957 million
2011/12	1.863 million
2012/13	1.745 million
2013/14	1.766 million
2014/15	1.821 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C3/F
History
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
2 April 1849	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maghull from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Maghull railway station is a railway station in Maghull, a suburb of Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Ormskirk branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. As of 2013/14 it is the tenth busiest station on the Merseyrail network and the busiest station to not provide any interchange between any other services.

History

The railway line between Walton Junction (near Liverpool) and Lostock Hall (near Preston) was proposed by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway, and was authorised by Act of Parliament on 18 August 1846. In October 1846, the company was leased to the East Lancashire Railway, which opened the line on 2 April 1849; among the original stations was that at Maghull.^[1][2]

Maghull is currently the last station on this branch on Merseyside before the county boundary with Lancashire. This will change when Maghull North station opens in late 2017.

Frank Hornby, the designer of Hornby model railways, lived in the Maghull area; he based the design for all railway stations for small towns and villages in the Hornby Trainset on Maghull station.

Facilities

There is a large car park situated on the site. This is to provide a park and ride service for the large catchment area that the station caters for. The car park is also used by visitors from neighbouring county Lancashire as the fare increase makes it cheaper to drive to Maghull and travel from there. There is also a taxi rank at the station, toilets, a shelter on the Ormskirk platform and a heated indoor shelter on the Liverpool platform. The manned ticket booth is located in the M to GO shop on the Ormskirk platform and there is an automatic ticket machine on the Liverpool platform.

Services

Trains operate between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes, and every 30 minutes in the evening and all day Sunday.^[3] The station is at street level and 2 small ramps provide access to the platforms. There is a level crossing at the south end (the only one on the Walton Junction to Ormskirk section) and a pedestrian footbridge linking each platform.

Gallery

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  The car park at the station.

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  The station platforms and footbridge.

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  The station building, viewed from the platform.

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  The station building, viewed from the car park.

References

1. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 88. CN 8983.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 152. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 105

External links

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

• Station information for Maghull railway station from Merseyrail