Disused Stations: Penwortham (Cop Lane) Station

[Source:Tony Graham & Paul Wright]

Last train of the day at Penwortham (Cop Lane) on a December evening in 1964, the 11.20 pm Saturday-only Southport - Preston service disgorges a small group of revellers onto the wooden platforms, returning to their beds after a night out in the hot-spots of Southport. Within a few short weeks, they will discover, to their eternal regret, that the alternative bus service to be offered by Ribble Motors will provide a much less convenient facility, particularly at such a late hour as this. Fares will also soon start to rise dramatically. At this time, by train, a day-return ticket to Southport is 3/6d (17½p). In the opposite direction, the day return fare to Preston amounts to the princely sum of 7d (3p).
Photo by Alan Castle