Altcar and Hillhouse railway station
- Altcar and Hillhouse railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Altcar and Hillhouse
caption = Altcar and Hillhouse in 1949, looking south
locale = England
borough = Lancashire
line = Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway and London Midland and Scottish Railway Joint Line
platforms =
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 September 1884
events = Station opens
years1 = 1 January 1917
events1 = Station closes
years2 = 1 April 1919
events2 = Station reopens
years3 = 7 January 1952
events3 = Station closes Altcar and Hillhouse was a railway station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway near Great Altcar, Lancashire. The station opened on September 1, 1884, and from 1887 to 1926 also served as the southern terminus of the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, which it connected with at Hillhouse Junction, between Altcar and stnlnk|Mossbridge. The "Altcar Bob" service, introduced in July 1906, was so named because it terminated here until that time. Altcar and Hillhouse was situated on the south side of the B5195 road, near the sewage works.
History
Along with all other stations on the extension line, Altcar and Hillhouse closed on January 1, 1917, due to World War I economy measures. The station reopened on May 1, 1919. As an ex Cheshire Lines Committee railway the line through the station became a joint operation between the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway following the Grouping of 1923.
The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, before permanent closure by the British Railways Board on January 7, 1952. The line also closed to goods traffic on on this day, and was lifted north of the station shortly thereafter. Rail access from the south was retained until 1960 to serve private sidings at the site.
The site today
The route of the line through the station is today part of the Trans Pennine Trail.
References
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External links
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/altcar_and_hillhouse/index.shtml Altcar and Hillhouse at Disused Stations]
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