Gateacre railway station

Gateacre (for Woolton) railway station was located on the North Liverpool Extension Line on the north side of Belle Vale Road, Gateacre, Liverpool, England. Next door was the Black Bull public house which still stands.

Gateacre
General information
LocationGateacre, Liverpool
England
Coordinates53.3846°N 2.8599°W / 53.3846; -2.8599
Grid referenceSJ429879
Line(s)North Liverpool Extension Line
Platforms2[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCheshire Lines Committee
Pre-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Post-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 December 1879Station opened to passengers as "Gateacre (for Woolton)"
March 1882Opened for goods
4 December 1965Closed for goods
15 April 1972Closed completely[3][4]
A 1909 Map showing the line which is the red line to the right running south-east to north-west

Official maps, tickets, timetables, a large exterior station sign and platform nameboards variously refer to the station as "Gateacre", "Gateacre, for Woolton", "Gateacre for Woolton" and "Gateacre & Woolton". "Gateacre" is pronounced "Gattiker."

The station had outlived those on the same line north of Aintree by twenty years and all the remainder by twelve years when it closed to passengers on 15 April 1972. It had latterly been the suburban terminus of the sole residual service from Liverpool Central (High Level). It was planned that the station would reopen as the southern terminus of Merseyrail's Northern Line. This never occurred, with Hunts Cross becoming the terminus. The tracks through the station site were used for freight trains to Liverpool Docks until 1975. They were lifted in early 1979.

By 2015 the trackbed though the station site formed part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hunts Cross
Line closed, station open		   Cheshire Lines Committee
North Liverpool Extension Line		   Childwall
Line and station closed
Halewood
Line closed, station open		    

References
  1. Bolger 1984, pp. 44–45.
  2. Pixton 2007, pp. 38–39.
  3. Bolger 1984, pp. 10–11.
  4. Butt 1995, p. xxx.

Sources
  • 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.
  • Pixton, Bob (2007). Liverpool Manchester 2:Cheshire Lines. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-03-6.


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