Linacre Road railway station was a station located on the North Mersey Branch in Litherland, Lancashire.
Linacre Road | |
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General information | |
Location | Litherland, Sefton England |
Coordinates | 53.4654°N 2.9985°W / 53.4654; -2.9985 |
Grid reference | SJ337970 |
Line(s) | North Mersey Branch |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1906 2 April 1951 1956 | Opened Closed (regular services) Closed (all services) |
It opened on 1 June 1906 and closed on 2 April 1951. The singled track is still in place, although no longer electrified and in a state of dereliction.
Since the 1970s there have been plans to re-electrify the North Mersey Branch and reintroduce a passenger service. As part of those plans Linacre Road station would reopen.[1]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Ford | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
Bootle New Strand | ||
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch |
Gladstone Dock | |||
Liverpool Overhead Railway | Seaforth Sands |
Closed railway stations in Merseyside | ||
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Birkenhead Railway | ||
Canada Dock Branch |
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Cheshire Lines Committee | ||
Chester and Birkenhead Railway | ||
Lancashire Union Railway | ||
Liverpool and Manchester Railway | ||
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway | ||
Liverpool Overhead Railway |
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway | ||
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 | ||
West Lancashire Railway | ||
Wirral Railway | ||
Other |
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