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The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. cv) was passed on 2 July 1847 and the company was incorporated, the first directors' meeting on 26 July 1847 elected William Blundell as chairman.
The Northern line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, [5] the other being the Wirral line.The cross-city route runs from Hunts Cross in south Liverpool then (by way of an underground section through Liverpool's city centre) branches in the north to terminate at Southport, Headbolt Lane (both Merseyside) and Ormskirk ().
Railway Junctions Diagram of Hillhouse Junction Site of Butts Lane Halt. The Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway was formed in 1884, and totaled 7 miles. In 1897 it became part of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and on 1 May 1901, its northern terminus switched from Southport Central to Southport Chapel Street.
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England.It lies on the West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Liverpool and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Preston.
The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) opened a line on 24 July 1848 from Liverpool to a temporary station at Eastbank Street, about half a mile short of the current terminus. [ 2 ] The LC&SR line was extended on 5 August 1851 to the current station which opened as Southport Chapel Street . [ 2 ]
There were six platforms within the station, offering journeys to Manchester Central (in 45 minutes, making the route the quickest and most direct between Liverpool and Manchester), London St. Pancras, Hull, Harwich, Stockport Tiviot Dale, Southport Lord Street and an alternative London route to that of the Midland Railway, terminating at ...
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) built suburban electric stock for lines in Liverpool and Manchester. The line between Liverpool to Southport began using electric multiple units (EMUs) on 22 March 1904, using a third rail 625 V DC. Additional trains were later built for this route, and in 1913 incompatible stock for the route to Ormskirk.
The Manchester–Southport line is a railway line in the north-west of England, operated by Northern Trains. It was originally built as the Manchester and Southport Railway . The section between Wigan and Salford is also known locally as the Atherton Line .