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Liverpool Loop Line at Well Lane, Childwall | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Childwall,Liverpool England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°23′50″N2°52′36″W / 53.3973°N 2.8767°W /53.3973; -2.8767 | ||||
Grid reference | SJ418893 | ||||
Line(s) | North Liverpool Extension Line | ||||
Platforms | 2[1][2] | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Disused | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Cheshire Lines Committee | ||||
Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee | ||||
Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee | ||||
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1 December 1879 | Opened to passengers | ||||
1882 | Opened for goods | ||||
1 January 1931 | Closed to passengers | ||||
6 August 1943 | Closed completely[3][4] | ||||
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Childwall railway station was a station located on theNorth Liverpool Extension Line at Well Lane,Childwall,Liverpool. It opened on 1 December 1879.
The station was distant from the village of Childwall. Passenger services ended in 1931 while it was still a village. The tracks were lifted in early 1979 when Childwall was a suburb of Liverpool with a large population.
Childwall railway station was situated on the Cheshire Lines Railway (CLC) North Liverpool Extension Line that connected the CLC Liverpool and Manchester line. The station opened on 1 December 1879 and took its name from the village which was east of the station. The station was on an embankment on the north side of Well Lane; it had a goods yard with one siding. Childwall station closed for passenger service on 1 January 1931, though it remained open for goods until August 1943. After it was fully closed, the station house was demolished.[5]
By 2015 the trackbed though the station site formed part of theTrans Pennine Trail.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Gateacre Line and station closed | Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line | Knotty Ash & Stanley Line and station closed |