Southport Eastbank Street railway station
53°38′30″N 3°00′11″W / 53.6418°N 3.0031°W / 53.6418; -3.0031
Southport Eastbank Street was a railway station in Southport, Merseyside.
History
The station opened on 21 July 1848 as the temporary northern terminus of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, and was the first railway station in Southport. Situated between Eastbank Street and Portland Street, it consisted of a single platform roofed over, a run-round loop, one siding, a wooden building housing the booking office and waiting rooms, a short distance out from the station was the stationmaster's house with a ticket platform.[1]
In 1850 the platform was extended right to Eastbank Street, and an extra line was constructed along with two additional sidings on the east side.[2] Gell (1986) also shows a goods shed to the north of eastbank Street which was crossed using a level crossing.[3]
The station closed on 22 August 1851, following the completion of a permanent terminal station at Chapel Street, though the line remains open and is today used by trains on the Merseyrail Northern Line.[3]
The only remaining traces of the station are the station master's house and a ticket office, adjacent to the level crossing on Portland Street. The house is now let to Southport Model Railway Society.[4]
References
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 152.
- ^ Gahan 1985, p. 21.
- ^ a b Gell 1986.
- ^ "Southport Model Railway Society". Model railway Clubs.
Bibliography
- Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside. Countyvise Limited. pp. 21, 91. ISBN 0-907768-07-5., and Avon Anglia Publications, ISBN 0-905466-73-X.
- Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4. No page numbers.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4352-4.
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