Lydiate railway station

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Lydiate railway station was a station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway off Carr Lane, just outside Lydiate. The Merseyside and Lancashire border runs down the stream alongside Altcar Lane, which runs parallel to the line.

Lydiate
Trans-Pennine Trail on the site of the former station (2008)
General information
Location	Lydiate/Great Altcar,^[a] West Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°31′55″N 2°58′25″W / 53.5320°N 2.9736°W
Grid reference	SD355044
Platforms	2^[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 September 1884	Station opened
1 January 1917	Station closed
1 April 1919	Station reopened
7 January 1952	Station closed completely^[2]

Cheshire Lines Committee

Legend

Merseyside Lines

Southport Lord Street

Birkdale Palace

to Southport

to Liverpool Central

Liverpool, Southport and

Preston Junction Railway

Hillhouse Junction

to Ormskirk

Aintree Junction

Southport Junction

Aintree Central

Aintree

to Kirkby

Rice Lane

to Liverpool Central

Fazakerley Junctions

St James

Brunswick

(original)

Egerton Street Junction

to Lime Street

Liverpool South Parkway

Hunts Cross West Junction

Hunts Cross

to Manchester Central

The station first closed in 1917, along with all other stations on the extension line, as a World War I economy measure.

The station was reopened on 1 April 1919, and continued in use until 7 January 1952, when the SCLER was closed to passengers from Aintree Central to Southport Lord Street. The line remained open for public goods traffic until 7 July 1952 at Southport Lord St., Birkdale Palace and Altcar & Hillhouse Stations. Public goods facilities were ended at Woodvale, Lydiate and Sefton & Maghull stations on the same date as passenger services (7 January 1952)^[b] and there were never any goods facilities at Ainsdale Beach station to begin with. After 7 July 1952, a siding remained open at Altcar & Hillhouse for private goods facilities until May 1960. The last passenger train to run on the SCLER was a railway enthusiasts 'special' between Aintree and Altcar & Hillhouse railways stations on 6 June 1959.

Notes and references

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^ The site of Lydiate railway station on Carr Lane is about 835 feet (255 m) outside the current boundaries of Lydiate and is actually located in Great Altcar.
^ On the subject of railway station or line 'closing dates', it should be remembered that the official day of a closure is always given as the Monday following the date of last trains run.^{[citation needed]} As this is almost always a Saturday, if 7 January 1952 (Monday) is given as the date of closure, this means the actual last day of services was Saturday, 5 January 1952. This is proven by last day tickets which bear the date 5 January.

^ Bolger 1984, pp. 56–7.
^ Bolger 1984, p. 6.

Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-00-1.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sefton and Maghull		Cheshire Lines Committee SCLER		Altcar and Hillhouse