Garston railway station (Merseyside)

Garston (Merseyside)
A Class 507 unit at Garston (Merseyside) railway station
General information
Location	Garston, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°21′26″N 2°53′41″W / 53.3572°N 2.8946°W / 53.3572; -2.8946
Grid reference	SJ405848
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	CLC London Midland Region of British Railways Merseyrail
Key dates
1 April 1874 (1874-04-01)	Opened as Garston
17 April 1972	Closed
2 January 1978	Reopened as Garston (Lancs)
1979	Renamed Garston (Merseyside)
10 June 2006 (2006-06-10)	Closed
Passengers
2002/03	141,022
2003/04	Statistics not produced
2004/05	190,778
2005/06	222,247
2006/07	42,886
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 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

Garston railway station was a railway station in the

The station was opened on 1 April 1874 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.^[1] It was served by local services between Liverpool Central, Warrington and Manchester, and also to Aintree Central on the North Liverpool Extension Line.

In 1960, the passenger service to Aintree was cut back to Gateacre. In 1966 services from Manchester were diverted to Liverpool Lime Street, leaving Garston with just the Gateacre-Liverpool train. This service continued until 17 April 1972, when Garston station closed^[1] along with the line from Liverpool Central.

In 1978, the former CLC route through Garston was partially reinstated as part of the electrified

In 2004, work began on a combined rail-bus interchange at Liverpool South Parkway. The new station's proximity to Garston rendered the old station surplus to requirements. Garston closed on 10 June 2006 and Liverpool South Parkway opened the following day.

The station was demolished soon after closure,^[2] but the access road with its original road markings still exist.^{[citation needed]}

Services

At the time of closure, trains operated to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south at 15-minute intervals, Monday-Saturday daytimes. During evenings and all day Sundays, the frequency was every 30 minutes.

See also

• Allerton TMD
• Allerton Junction
• Garston Dock railway station
• Hunts Cross chord

References

External links

• Disused Stations Site Record