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Rice Lane railway station
Railway station on the Kirkby Branch of the Northern Line in Liverpool, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rice Lane railway station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre in the Walton district. It is on the Kirkby branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.
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General information | |||||
Location | Walton, Liverpool England | ||||
Coordinates | 53.4576°N 2.9628°W / 53.4576; -2.9628 | ||||
Grid reference | SJ361960 | ||||
Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
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Station code | RIL | ||||
Fare zone | C1 | ||||
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20 November 1848 (1848-11-20) | Opened as Preston Road | ||||
14 May 1984 | Renamed Rice Lane | ||||
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The station was opened on 20 November 1848, and was known as Preston Road until 14 May 1984.[1] It is located just to the north of Walton Junction, where the Kirkby and Ormskirk branches of the Northern line diverge; Walton (Merseyside) station on the Ormskirk line is close by (5 minutes away on foot along Hornby Road).