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This page is about the early Railway Company and the subsequent ownership of the line. For the current line and its operation, see Northern line (Merseyrail).

Liverpool, Crosby
and Southport Railway
Waterloo Station
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleLancashire
Merseyside
Termini
Stations7 in 1848
12 in 1855
History
Opened24 July 1848 (1848-07-24)
Extended from Waterloo to
Sandhills junction		1 October 1850 (1850-10-01)
Extended to Southport
Chapel Street		22 August 1851
Acquired by L&YR14 June 1855
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm
(4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
standard gauge

The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway was a British railway company, which opened a line in 1848 between Southport and Waterloo, extending it into Liverpool in 1850. The company was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1855. The line is still open.

Liverpool was thriving in the 1840's and growing fast, the number of ships using the port almost doubled from 1830 to 1840, and the tonnage they carried more than doubled. it was not surprising that the stretch of sandy coast north along the Mersey attracted wealthier residents and holiday-makers. The principal places in the area were Bootle, Crosby and Southport, whilst they could all be described as "villages" they were also growing.[1]

A project for a railway between Liverpool, Crosby and Southport was proposed in 1846, surveys were undertaken and parliamentary notices given. The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) received parliamentary approval on 2 July 1847 and the company was incorporated.[act 1][3]

The Act enabled the building of an 18 mi 40 ch (29.8 km) line from a junction with the Liverpool and Bury Railway to Southport.[a]

J.P. Bidder was appointed as the company engineer and he reported there should be no difficulty in building the 12 mi 60 ch (20.5 km) single-track line, although the ground work was constructed to take a double-track, from Waterloo (about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Liverpool) to Southport by June 1848. Construction was undertaken by McCormick & Holme starting in March 1848 and the line finished within three months. It was inspected and passed on 17 July 1848, formally opened on 21 July with public traffic starting on 24 July 1848.[6]

The original, temporary, Southport terminus was at Southport Eastbank Street until 22 August 1851 when the line was extended half a mile (800 metres) into Southport Chapel Street station.[7]

The initial southern terminus was at Waterloo, then a part of Lancashire, omnibuses operated by Mr Busby under contract, were used to complete the journey into Liverpool.[6][8]

The intermediate stations that opened with the line were Crosby (later Crosby & Blundellsands, and then Blundellsands & Crosby), Hightown and Formby and Altcar (later Formby), Ainsdale and Gilbert's Crossing (later Birkdale Park, and then Birkdale).[9]

On 1 October 1850 the line was extended from Waterloo to Liverpool where it joined the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) joint line at Sandhills junction, the railway then used their lines into their terminus at Tithebarn Street/Liverpool Exchange station, upon payment of a toll to do so.[b][8][10]

The extension opened with only one intermediate station at Seaforth (later Seaforth & Litherland), but shortly after the line opened further stations were provided at Miller's Bridge, Bootle Village (later Bootle then Bootle Oriel Road) and Marsh Lane (later Marsh Lane & Strand Road then Bootle New Strand).[8]

The L&YR worked the line from its opening, [11]

The traffic levels between Liverpool and Crosby were quite high and the section of line from Sandhills junction to Crosby was double-tracked, at the same time a new station was constructed at Crosby that could function partly as a terminus for the suburban traffic, the station opened on 1 June 1852, the remainder of the line was doubled by September 1852.[12][13]

The LC&SR became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), on 14 June 1855.[14]

Later

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There were numerous additions, alterations, renamings and closings of stations over the years including: Bank Hall opened in 1870 between Sandhills and Miller's Bridge.[14]

Hall Road opened in 1874 and Hightown Siding in 1862 (later Hightown New Siding then Hightown Rifle Station and later Altcar Rifle Station before finally becoming Altcar Rifle Range and closing in 1929).[14]

Miller's Bridge and Bootle Village were replaced in 1876 by a new station built between their sites at Bootle Oriel Road.[13]

The L&YR electrified the line, initially using a four rail system, later altered to third-rail, and services started on 5 April 1904.

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.


Nationalisation followed in 1948, and the line was destined for closure under the 1960s Beeching plan but survived.

In 1978 it became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line, operated by British Rail until it was privatised in 1995.

Since 2003 the line has been operated by the Serco-Abellio consortium as part of its contract to operate Merseyrail.


Stations on the Liverpool and Southport line

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Stations on the line serve the following places:


References

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Acts of Parliament

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  1. ^ An Act for making a Railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway near Liverpool, through Crosby, to the Town of Southport, to be called "The Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway."[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains[4]. A chain is 22 yards (20 m) long, there are 80 chains to the mile.[5]
  2. ^ The station had two names because the joint owners could not agree on a name. The (L&YR) named the station Liverpool Exchange Station with the (ELR) naming the station Liverpool Tithebarn Street.[10]

Citations

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  1. ^ Marshall 1969, pp. 130 & 150.
  2. ^ "Local and Personal Act, 10 & 11 Victoria I, c. cv" (PDF). UK Parliament Parliamentary Archives. UK Parliament. 1847. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. ^ Marshall 1969, pp. 150–152.
  4. ^ Jacobs 2009, p. 11.
  5. ^ "Weights and Measures Act 1985". Legislation.gov.uk. Sch 1, Part VI. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b Marshall 1969, p. 152.
  7. ^ Quick 2023, p. 424.
  8. ^ a b c Holt & Biddle 1986, p. 33.
  9. ^ Quick 2023, pp. 46, 82, 90, 198 & 242.
  10. ^ a b Welbourn 2003, p. 79.
  11. ^ Holt & Biddle 1986, pp. 33–34.
  12. ^ Bolger 1994, p. 18.
  13. ^ a b Marshall 1969, p. 153.
  14. ^ a b c Holt & Biddle 1986, p. 34.

Bibliography

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