railroad.wikisort.org - StationAinsdale Beach was a railway station located in Ainsdale, Merseyside, England.
Former railway station in Merseyside, England
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Station site in 2020. |
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Location | Ainsdale, Sefton England |
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Coordinates | 53.6071°N 3.0568°W / 53.6071; -3.0568 |
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Grid reference | SD302128 |
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Line(s) | Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | Cheshire Lines Committee |
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Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
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Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
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19 June 1901 | Station opened as "Seaside" |
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1 January 1912 | Station renamed "Ainsdale Beach" |
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1 January 1917 | Station closed as a wartime economy measure |
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1 April 1919 | Station reopened |
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7 January 1952 | Station closed |
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Legend |
Merseyside Lines |
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Southport Lord Street |
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Birkdale Palace |
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to Southport |
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Ainsdale |
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Ainsdale Beach |
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Northern line |
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Woodvale |
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Freshfield |
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to Liverpool Central |
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Liverpool, Southport and | Preston Junction Railway | |
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Barton |
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Mossbridge |
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Hillhouse Junction |
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Altcar and Hillhouse |
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Lydiate |
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Sefton and Maghull |
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to Ormskirk |
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Old Roan |
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Aintree Junction |
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Southport Junction |
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Aintree Central |
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Aintree |
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Northern line |
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Warbreck |
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Orrell Park |
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Walton |
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to Kirkby |
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Rice Lane |
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to Liverpool Central |
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Fazakerley Junctions |
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Walton on the Hill |
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Huskisson |
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Clubmoor |
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West Derby |
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Knotty Ash & Stanley |
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Broad Green |
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Childwall |
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Gateacre |
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Northern line |
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Liverpool Central |
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Liverpool Central | High Level | |
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St James |
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Brunswick (original) |
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Egerton Street Junction |
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Brunswick |
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St Michaels |
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Otterspool |
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Aigburth |
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Cressington |
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Garston |
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Liverpool South Parkway |
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Hunts Cross West Junction |
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Hunts Cross |
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History
The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (SCLER) opened a line extending their existing system from Aintree to Southport on 1 September 1884. Seeing the potential in Ainsdale's large beach they subsequently built this station, which opened as Seaside in 1901. In 1911 it was decided to rename the station Ainsdale Beach, which took effect from 1 January 1912.
The station was built adjacent to a hotel called The Lakeside Hotel (in 2015 named 'The Sands' and trading as a local pub) situated at the coastal end of Shore Road. A terraced row of railway staff cottages immediately next to the station still stood in 2015, although all station structures, signal box and level crossing[7] have long gone.
It was served by trains from Southport Lord Street, Liverpool Central and Manchester Central.
A total eclipse of the sun occurred in June 1927. The railway provided many excursion specials to many locations, including Ainsdale Beach.
Run down and closure
The station first closed in 1917, along with all other stations on the extension line, as a First World War economy measure.
The station 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. Public goods facilities were ended at Woodvale, Lydiate and Sefton & Maghull stations on the same day and there never were any goods facilities at Ainsdale Beach station. The line remained open for public goods traffic until 7 July 1952 at Southport Lord Street, Birkdale Palace and Altcar & Hillhouse stations. A siding remained open at Altcar & Hillhouse for private goods facilities until May 1960. The last passenger train to run on the SCLER was a railway enthusiasts' special train between Aintree and Altcar & Hillhouse stations on 6 June 1959.[11]
The line came under the Cheshire Lines Committee until nationalisation in 1948, whereafter it came under the London Midland Region of British Railways until closure.
The site today
Later the track bed through the station site was used to support what is now the Coastal Road, which runs from Woodvale to Southport. At this point the road is also part of the Trans Pennine Trail.
References
Sources
- Biddle, Gordon (1981). Railway Stations in the North West. Clapham, North Yorkshire: Dalesman Books. ISBN 978-0-85206-644-7.
- Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-947562-00-7.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two Dominion of Watkin 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-1469-5. OCLC 655324061.
- Dyckhoff, Nigel (1999). Portrait of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2521-9.
- Foster, Harry (2000). New Ainsdale The struggle of a seaside suburb 1850-2000. Birkdale: Birkdale and Ainsdale Historical Research Society. ISBN 978-0-9510905-5-8.
- Griffiths, R Prys (1947). The Cheshire Lines Railway. Lingfield: The Oakwood Press. OCLC 752555378. OL5.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. 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
Preceding station |
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Disused railways |
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Following station |
Woodvale Line and station closed |
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Cheshire Lines Committee SCLER |
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Birkdale Palace Line and station closed |
Closed railway stations in Merseyside |
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Birkenhead Railway |
- Caldy
- Heswall
- Kirby Park
- Thurstaston
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Canada Dock Branch |
- Alexandra Dock
- Bootle Balliol Road
- Breck Road
- Canada Dock
- Edge Lane
- Spellow
- Stanley
- Tue Brook
- Walton & Anfield
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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
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Chester and Birkenhead Railway |
- Birkenhead Grange Lane
- Birkenhead Monks Ferry
- Birkenhead Town
- Birkenhead Woodside
- Rock Lane
- Tranmere
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Lancashire Union Railway | |
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
- Crown Street
- Huyton Quarry
- Parkside
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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
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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
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway |
- Blowick
- Butts Lane Halt
- Kew Gardens (Merseyside)
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Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway |
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Haydock
- Haydock Park
- St Helens Central (GCR)
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Manchester and Southport Railway | |
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Mersey Docks and Harbour Board | |
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North Mersey Branch |
- Aintree Racecourse
- Ford (Merseyside)
- Linacre Road
- Gladstone Dock
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North Wales and Liverpool Railway | |
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St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway | |
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West Lancashire Railway |
- Churchtown
- Crossens
- Hesketh Park
- Southport Ash Street
- Southport Central
- St Luke's
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Wirral Railway |
- Birkenhead Dock
- Liscard and Poulton
- Seacombe
- Warren
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