Linacre Road railway station

Linacre Road railway station was a station located on the North Mersey Branch in Litherland, Lancashire.

Linacre Road
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)

History

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]

References

"Station Name: Linacre Road". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

External links

Linacre Road railway station at Disused Stations

Preceding station	Disused railways	Following station
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

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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
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)
Manchester and Southport Railway	Southport London Street
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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