Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Overview
Locale	Lancashire Merseyside
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)standard gauge
Route map Legend Southport Central until 1901 Southport Ash Street until 1902 Southport Chapel Street (MSR) from 1901 Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Rly St Luke's from 1902 West Lancashire Railway Meols Cop Blowick Butts Lane Halt from 1907 Manchester and Southport Rly Kew Gardens Heathey Lane Halt from 1907 Shirdley Hill New Cut Lane Halt from 1906 Halsall Plex Moss Lane Halt from 1906 Barton Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly Altcar and Hillhouse Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly This diagram: view talk edit

TheLiverpool,Southport andPreston Junction Railway was formed in 1884, and totaled 7 miles. In 1897 it became part ofLancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and on 1 May 1901, its northern terminus switched fromSouthport Central toSouthport Chapel Street.

It connected theWest Lancashire Railway's lines to the north of Southport to theCLCSouthport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway atAltcar and Hillhouse railway station. Known also as theBarton branch, it ran from 1 September 1887 to 21 January 1952. The Barton branch was notable for the "Altcar Bob" service, introduced in July 1906.

The short section of line that containsMeols Cop is still open and has replaced a section of the originalManchester and Southport Railway. This northern part was electrified in 1904 and then de-electrified sixty years later.

• Cotterall, J.E., (1982),The West Lancashire Railway, The Oakwood Press,ISBN 0-85361-288-9
• Nock, O.S. (1969),The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway – A Concise History, Ian Allan,ISBN 0-7110-0130-8

• On The Track of Altcar Bob

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