Altcar Rifle Range railway station was a railway station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, situated a third of a mile north of Hightown, Merseyside.
Altcar Rifle Range | |
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![]() Station remains in 2020. | |
General information | |
Location | Hightown, Sefton England |
Line(s) | Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Key dates | |
1862 | Station opens as Hightown Rifle Station |
July 1886 | Station renamed Altcar Rifle station |
October 1893 | Station closes |
April 1894 | Station reopened and renamed Altcar Rifle Range |
3 October 1921 | Station closes |
It opened in 1862 as Hightown Rifle Station, and was renamed in July 1886. The station served the nearby Altcar Rifle Range, and a small tramway was used to transport munitions from the bay platform to the firing ranges. The station was closed briefly between c. October 1893 and c. April 1894, before permanent closure on 3 October 1921, too early to be affected by the Grouping of 1923.
The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the line of the former Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway.
The line through the station remains open and is today used by trains on the Merseyrail Northern Line.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Hightown | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
Formby Power Station |
Closed railway stations in Merseyside | ||
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Birkenhead Railway | ||
Canada Dock Branch |
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Cheshire Lines Committee |
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Chester and Birkenhead Railway |
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Lancashire Union Railway | ||
Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
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Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
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Liverpool Overhead Railway |
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway |
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Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway |
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Manchester and Southport Railway | ||
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board | ||
North Mersey Branch |
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North Wales and Liverpool Railway | ||
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway |
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West Lancashire Railway | ||
Wirral Railway | ||
Other |
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