Southport London Street railway station

Former railway station in Merseyside

Southport London Street

General information
Location| Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
England
Coordinates| 53°38′43″N 3°00′00″W﻿ / ﻿53.6454°N 2.9999°W﻿ / 53.6454; -2.9999
Grid reference| SD339170
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Opened| 9 April 1855 (1855-04-09)
Closed| 1 April 1857 (1857-04-01)
Original company| East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping| Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping| London Midland and Scottish Railway

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Southport/Aintree lines

Legend

| West Lancashire Rly

to Preston

|  |
|  |

|  | Meols Cop
Ash Street |  |

|  | Butts Lane Halt
Southport Central |  |

|  |
Southport London Street |  |

|  | St Luke's
Southport Chapel Street |  |

|  |
Southport Lord Street |  |

|  |

Manchester–Southport line

Birkdale Palace |  |

|  | Kew Gardens
Ainsdale Beach |  |

|  | Heathey Lane Halt
Ainsdale |  |

|  | Shirdley Hill
|  |

|  | New Cut Lane Halt

| Liverpool, Crosby &

Southport Railway

|  | Halsall
Woodvale |  |

|  | Plex Moss Lane Halt
Mossbridge |  |

|  | Barton

| Southport & Cheshire

Lines Extension Rly

|  |

| Liverpool, Southport &

Preston Junction Rly

Altcar and Hillhouse |  |

|  |
Lydiate |  |

|  |

Northern line to Ormskirk

Sefton and Maghull |  |

|  | Old Roan
Aintree (CLC) |  |

|  | Aintree

(L&Y)

|  |

|  |

Northern line to Kirkby

| Ford

North Mersey Branch

|  | Aintree Racecourse
|  |

|  | Fazakerley Aintree

(L&Y)

Orrell Park |  |

|  |

Northern line to Liverpool

Northern line to Liverpool

|  |

|  |

| North Liverpool

Extension Line

|  |  |  |  |  |

Southport London Street was a railway station in Southport, Merseyside.

## History

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It opened on 9 April 1855 as the East Lancashire Railway's terminus for the Manchester and Southport Railway, a line that it had acquired and jointly operated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[1]

The station closed on 1 April 1857, with all services transferred to the adjacent Southport Chapel Street, though the station buildings remained in use as a 'repairing shed' (according to the 1894 Ordnance Survey).[1][2][3]

An expansion of Chapel Street in 1914 swallowed the site completely, though its name was preserved with platforms 12 and 13 dubbed the "London Street Excursion Platforms".[4] When Chapel Street was rebuilt in the early 1970s, the excursion platforms were filled in to make space for a car park.

## References

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1. ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 424.
2. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 158.
3. ^ Lancashire LXXV.9 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
4. ^ Gell 1986.

## Bibliography

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* Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4. (No page numbers.)`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
* Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1\. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4352-4.
* Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.

### Further reading

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* Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside. Countywise Limited. pp. 91–93\. ISBN 0-907768-07-5., and Avon Anglia Publications, ISBN 0-905466-73-X.

Preceding station  |   | Disused railways  |   | Following station

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Bescar Lane |   | East Lancashire Railway
Manchester and Southport Railway |   | Terminus

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Closed railway stations in Merseyside

Birkenhead Railway|

* Caldy
* Heswall
* Kirby Park
* Thurstaston

Canada Dock Branch|

* Alexandra Dock
* Bootle Balliol Road
* Breck Road
* Canada Dock
* Edge Lane
* Spellow
* Stanley
* Tue Brook
* Walton & Anfield

Cheshire Lines Committee|

* Ainsdale Beach
* Aintree Central
* Birkdale Palace
* Childwall
* Clubmoor
* Garston (Merseyside)
* Gateacre
* Huskisson
* Knotty Ash
* Liverpool Central High Level
* Liverpool St James
* Otterspool
* Sefton and Maghull
* Southport Lord Street
* Walton on the Hill
* Warbreck
* West Derby
* Woodvale

Chester and
Birkenhead Railway|

* Birkenhead Grange Lane
* Birkenhead Monks Ferry
* Birkenhead Town
* Birkenhead Woodside
* Rock Lane
* Tranmere

East Lancashire Railway|

* Southport London Street

Lancashire Union Railway|

* Carr Mill

Liverpool and
Manchester Railway|

* Crown Street
* Huyton Quarry
* Parkside

Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport Railway|

* Altcar Rifle Range
* Bootle Village
* Formby Power Station
* Liverpool Exchange
* Liverpool Great Howard Street
* Miller's Bridge
* Southport Eastbank Street

Liverpool Overhead Railway|

* Alexandra Dock (LOR)
* Brocklebank Dock
* Brunswick Dock
* Canada Dock (LOR)
* Canning
* Clarence Dock
* Dingle
* Gladstone Dock (LOR)
* Herculaneum Dock
* Huskisson Dock
* James Street (LOR)
* Langton Dock
* Nelson Dock
* Pier Head
* Princes Dock
* Sandon Dock
* Seaforth Sands
* Toxteth Dock
* Wapping Dock

Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction Railway|

* Blowick
* Butts Lane Halt
* Kew Gardens (Merseyside)

Liverpool, St Helens and
South Lancashire Railway|

* Ashton-in-Makerfield
* Haydock
* Haydock Park
* St Helens Central (GCR)

Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board|

* Liverpool Riverside

North Mersey Branch|

* Aintree Racecourse
* Ford (Merseyside)
* Linacre Road
* Gladstone Dock

North Wales and
Liverpool Railway|

* Storeton

St Helens and
Runcorn Gap Railway|

* Allerton
* Church Road Garston
* Clock Face
* Crank Halt
* Garston Dock
* Gerards Bridge
* Halebank
* Moss Bank
* Old Mill Lane
* Peasley Cross
* Rainford Village
* Robins Lane Halt
* Rookery
* Sefton Park
* Speke
* Sutton Oak
* Union Bank Farm Halt
* Wavertree

West Lancashire Railway|

* Churchtown
* Crossens
* Hesketh Park
* Southport Ash Street
* Southport Central
* St Luke's

Wirral Railway|

* Birkenhead Dock
* Liscard and Poulton
* Seacombe
* Warren

Other|

* Vulcan Halt

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