Walton on the Hill railway station

Walton on the Hill
Location
Place	Walton
Area	Liverpool
Coordinates	53°26′52″N 2°57′54″W / 53.4479°N 2.9651°W / 53.4479; -2.9651Coordinates: 53°26′52″N 2°57′54″W / 53.4479°N 2.9651°W / 53.4479; -2.9651
Grid reference	SJ360951
Operations
Line	North Liverpool Extension Line
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Platforms	2[1]
History
1 December 1879	Station opened
1 January 1918	Station closed to passengers
9 September 1968	Station closed completely[2][3]
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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.

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.

An enthusiasts' railtour visited the station on 13 June 1964.^[4]

References

Sources

• Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0 947562 00 1. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

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