Hightown railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Hightown

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code = HTO
manager = Merseyrail
locale = Hightown
borough = Sefton
pte = Merseytravel
zone = D2
lowusage0405 = 117,664
lowusage0506 = 133,241
lowusage0607 = 141,686
platforms = 2
start = 1848

Hightown railway station serves the village of Hightown in Sefton, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Hightown opened in 1848 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).

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.

External links

* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=33 Station information] from Merseyrail

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