Freshfield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Freshfield


code = FRE
manager = Merseyrail
locale = Freshfield
borough = Sefton
pte = Merseytravel
zone = D2
usage0405 = 0.250
usage0506 = 0.266
usage0607 = 0.278
platforms = 2
events =
start = 1848
Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Sefton, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Freshfield opened in 1854 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, who took over from the LCSR. 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 in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

The station was built at the insistence of the local landowner, a Mr Fresh, to provide him access to the railway, as when the railway opened in 1848, there was no village for the railway to serve. [Gahan, John W : "Seaport to Seaside", p 88. Countyvise Limited, 1985]

ervices

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

References

External links

* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=27 Station information] from Merseyrail

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