Station Name: SEFTON PARK

 

[Source: Paul Wright]



Date opened: 1.6.1892
Location: On the south side of Smithdown Road
Company on opening: London & North Western Railway
Date closed to passengers: 2.5.1960
Date closed completely: 2.5.1960
Company on closing: British Railways (London Midland Region)
Present state: Station booking office still standing in use as a private business. Various supporting walls and part of the subway can still be seen from the east side of Smithdown Road Bridge. Platforms have been completely demolished.
County: Lancashire
OS Grid Ref: SJ387885
Date of visit: 23.10.2005

Notes: Notes: Sefton Park Station opened on what had become the LNWR main line to destinations south from Liverpool Lime Street. On 13.7.1891 the line became quadruple from Wavertree to Ditton Junction and it was shortly after that Sefton Park Station opened in June 1892. The Station had a substantial booking office at street level on the west side of the line and on the south side of Smithdown Road. A subway connected to four platforms situated on an embankment well above street level. The platforms had waiting facilities constructed of timber. The station closed on 2.5.1960 shortly before the line was electrified. Nothing remains at track level but at street level the booking office can still be seen as it is in use as a private business.

See also Allerton & Wavertree on the same line

 

Sefton Park Station in 1958



Looking south at the booking office in October 2005
P
hoto by Paul Wright

2005

2005


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[Source: Paul Wright]


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