Walton on the Hill railway station

Walton on the Hill railway station was located on the Huskisson branch of the North Liverpool Extension Line at the junction of Rice Lane and Queens Drive in Walton, Liverpool, England.

Walton on the Hill
General information
Location	Walton, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53.4479°N 2.9651°W / 53.4479; -2.9651
Grid reference	SJ360951
Line(s)	North Liverpool Extension Line
Platforms	2[1][2][3]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 December 1879	Station opened
1 January 1918	Station closed to passengers
9 September 1968	Station closed completely[4][5]

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 opened on 1 December 1879. It closed to passengers on 1 January 1918 but continued as a public goods station for a further fifty years, closing completely on 9 September 1968. The through tracks were not lifted until 1980.

References

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 80–81.
2. Pixton 2007, p. 56.
3. Gell 1985.
4. Bolger 1984, pp. 8–9.
5. Butt 1995, p. 240.

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

External links

• The station via Disused Stations UK
• Station on a 1948 O.S. map via npe Maps
• Station on an 1888 OSmap overlay via National Library of Scotland
• Station and line HUS via railwaycodes
• Railtours via sixbellsjunction

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clubmoor Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line Dock Branch		Huskisson Line and station closed
Warbreck Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line North Branch