Woodvale railway station

Woodvale
Location
Place	Woodvale
Area	Sefton
Coordinates	53°35′18″N 3°02′27″W / 53.5882°N 3.0409°WCoordinates: 53°35′18″N 3°02′27″W / 53.5882°N 3.0409°W
Grid reference	SD311107
Operations
Original company	Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Platforms	2[1]
History
1 September 1884	Station opened as "Woodville & Ainsdale"
1 May 1898	Station renamed "Woodvale"
1 January 1917	Station closed
1 April 1919	Station reopened
7 January 1952	Station closed completely[2][3]
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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

Woodvale railway station was located in Woodvale, Merseyside, England.^[4][5]

History

The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (SCLER) opened the station on 1 September 1884 as Woodville & Ainsdale, though one source refers to it as "Woodvale and Ainsdale".^[6] It was renamed Woodvale on 1 May 1898. The station was built on an embankment crossing Liverpool Road and was well known for its floral displays on both platforms.^[7]

Run down and closure

The station first closed in 1917, along with all other stations on the extension line, as a World War I economy measure.

The station was reopened on 1 April 1919, and continued in use until 7 January 1952, when the SCLER was closed to passengers from Aintree Central to Southport Lord Street. The line remained open for public goods traffic until 7 July 1952 at Southport Lord St., Birkdale Palace and Altcar & Hillhouse Stations. Public goods facilities were ended at Woodvale, Lydiate and Sefton & Maghull stations on the same date as passenger services (7 January 1952*) and there were never any goods facilities at Ainsdale Beach station to begin with. A private siding remained open at Altcar & Hillhouse after 7 July 1952, finally closing in May 1960. The very last passenger train to run on the SCLER was a railway enthusiasts' 'special' between Aintree and Altcar & Hillhouse railways stations on 6 June 1959.

• On the subject of railway station or line 'closing dates', the official day of a closure is always given as the Monday following the date of last trains run. As this is almost always a Saturday, if 7 January 1952 (Monday) is given as the date of closure, this means the actual last day of services was Saturday, 5 January 1952. This is proven by last day tickets which bear the 5 January date.

Present

The track bed was later utilised to support what is now the Coastal Road, which runs from Woodvale to Southport.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Mossbridge Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee SCLER		Ainsdale Beach Line and station closed

References

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 86-7.
2. Bolger 1984, p. 6.
3. Butt 1995, p. xxx.
4. Jowett 1989, Map 43.
5. Griffiths 1947, p. 18.
6. Dow 1962, p. 142.
7. Travers 2013, p. 375.

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.
• Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
• Griffiths, R Prys (1947). The Cheshire Lines Railway OL5. Lingfield: The Oakwood Press.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Travers, Ian (June 2013). Blakemore, Michael, ed. "The Southport Extension of the Cheshire Lines Committee 1884-1952". Back Track. Easingwold: Pendragon Publishing. 27 (6).

External links

• The station via Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1888-1913 Overlay OS Map via National Library of Scotland
• The station on a 1948 O.S. map via npe Maps
• Station and line HTS via railwaycodes
• Railtours via sixbellsjunction