Town Meadow  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General information | |||||
| Location | Moreton,Metropolitan Borough of Wirral England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°24′15″N3°08′07″W / 53.4043°N 3.1354°W /53.4043; -3.1354 | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ246903 | ||||
| Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
| |||||
Town Meadow is a proposedrailway station to serve the west ofMoreton nearMeols in theWirral, England.[1][2] The station would be situated on the West Kirby branch of theWirral Line.
The planned station forms part of the widerLocal Transport Plan for Merseyside and is included on page 139 of the 2011–2015 document among other proposed stations atCarr Mill,Beechwood,Woodchurch andDeeside.[3]
Merseytravel found in a survey carried out in 2010 that support for the station was high.[4] The proposed station would serve existing and new developments in Moreton.
TheUnder-Secretary of State for Transport,Paul Maynard MP, visited the site in April 2017 with local councillors, to back calls for the building of the station. It was revealed that Merseytravel already own the land, but neither they norWirral Council had applied for a grant from the government'sNew Stations Fund. Merseytravel defended their decision, claiming that their plans for the station were not sufficiently advanced to bid for funding.[5] The October 2017Liverpool City Region Combined Authority update to the Long Term Rail Strategy mentions that station as being built betweenNetwork Rail Control Periods CP5 and CP7.[6]
As of September 2025, there are no active plans to develop the station but the project remains as a goal of Merseyrail's Long Term Rail Strategy.[7]
The land for the station has been reserved by theMetropolitan Borough of Wirral's local planning authority, which considers the station to be justified by the size of the catchment population.[8]
| Preceding station | Future services | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meols towardsWest Kirby | Merseyrail Wirral Line West Kirby Branch | Moreton towardsLiverpool Central | ||
