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==History==
Huyton station was opened in 1830 as part ofon the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]],<ref>{{Butt-Stations |page=126 }}</ref> and is one of the oldest passenger railway stations in the world. These early intermediate stations were often little more than halts, usually positioned where the railway was crossed by a road or [[Turnpike trusts|turnpike]].<ref name="Ferneyhough1980">{{cite book|last=Ferneyhough|first=Frank|title=Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1830-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD9dAAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=R. Hale|isbn=978-0-7091-8137-8|page=101}}</ref> This probably accounts for variations in the names of these stopping places,<ref name="Holt1955">{{cite book|author=G O Holt|title=A short history of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKwhAAAAMAAJ|edition=Second|year=1965|publisher=The Railway and Canal Historical Society|page=22}}</ref> Huyton station was probably originally known as ''Huyton Lane Gate'', then as ''Huyton Lane'' by 1839, and finally as ''Huyton'' around 1852.<ref name="Holt1955" /> The oldest surviving station buildings are from the [[London and North Western Railway|LNWR]] period.<ref name=8DA>{{cite web|url=http://www.8dassociation.btck.co.uk/Stations/TheLM|title=The Liverpool and Manchester|work=The 8D Association|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>
Until the 1970s, Huyton station had four platforms, but the two platforms on the northern side of the station (Platforms 3 and 4) were closed, and the track was lifted.
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