Childwall railway station

Childwall railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line at Well Lane, Childwall, Liverpool. It opened on 1 December 1879.

Childwall
Liverpool Loop Line at Well Lane, Childwall
General information
Location	Childwall, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53.3973°N 2.8767°W / 53.3973; -2.8767
Grid reference	SJ418893
Line(s)	North Liverpool Extension Line
Platforms	2[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 December 1879	Opened to passengers
1882	Opened for goods
1 January 1931	Closed to passengers
6 August 1943	Closed completely[3][4]

v t e Cheshire Lines Committee
Legend
Merseyside Lines
Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

The station was distant from the village of Childwall. Passenger services ended in 1931 while it was still a village. The tracks were lifted in early 1979 when Childwall was a suburb of Liverpool with a large population.

History

Childwall railway station was situated on the Cheshire Lines Railway (CLC) North Liverpool Extension Line that connected the CLC Liverpool and Manchester line. The station opened on 1 December 1879 and took its name from the village which was east of the station. The station was on an embankment on the north side of Well Lane; it had a goods yard with one siding. Childwall station closed for passenger service on 1 January 1931, though it remained open for goods until August 1943. After it was fully closed, the station house was demolished.^[5]

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

References

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 34–35.
2. Gell 1985, p. 8.
3. Bolger 1984, pp. 10–11.
4. Butt 1995, p. xxx.
5. "Childwall". Disused Stations.

Sources

• Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Crosby, 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.
• Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.

External links

• The station via Disused Stations UK
• The closed station on a 1948 O.S. map via npe Maps
• The station on an 1888 OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line HTS via railwaycodes
• The trackbed via Sustrans

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Gateacre Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line		Knotty Ash & Stanley Line and station closed