Hightown railway station

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Hightown Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HTO
Fare zone	D2
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1848
Passengers
2018/19	0.353 million
2019/20	0.394 million
2020/21	98,624
2021/22	0.248 million
2022/23	0.267 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hightown railway station serves the village of

History

Hightown opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LCSR).

It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), on 14 June 1855,^[1] which had absorbed the LCSR. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn amalgamated with other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.

In February 2019, as part of the Merseyrail platform upgrade works, both of the platforms were raised in preparation for the British Rail Class 777 METRO units, coming into operation in 2020.^{[citation needed]}

The station is staffed, from 15 minutes before the first train until 15 minutes after the last train.

Platform 1 (Southbound) has a waiting room, ticket office, cycle storage and a photo booth, whilst Platform 2 (Northbound) has a shelter, a payphone and cycle storage. There are live dot-matrix departure screens, for passenger information and platform CCTV on both platforms. The platforms are linked via a stepped bridge but both may be accessed via road.^[2]

Services

Northbound trains operate to Southport, and Southbound trains to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central.

On Mondays to Saturdays there are four trains an hour throughout the day in each direction; on Sundays there are two per hour.^[3]

Gallery

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  The station booking office.
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  The Alt Road footbridge.
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  The waiting shelter on the Southport-bound platform.
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  Merseyrail Class 508s pass at the station.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hightown railway station.

• Train times and station information for Hightown railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Hightown railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Formby towards Southport		Merseyrail Hunts Cross - Southport Line		Hall Road towards Hunts Cross