Warbreck railway station

Warbreck railway station was on the North Liverpool Extension Line to the south of Walton Vale, Liverpool, England.^[5]

Warbreck
General information
Location	Walton, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°27′48″N 2°57′28″W / 53.4632°N 2.9579°W / 53.4632; -2.9579
Grid reference	SJ364967
Line(s)	North Liverpool Extension Line
Platforms	2^[1]^[2]^[3]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 August 1929	Station opened
7 November 1960	Station closed^[4]

v t e Cheshire Lines Committee
Legend
Merseyside Lines
Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

The purely passenger station opened on 1 August 1929 and closed on 7 November 1960.^[6] The through tracks were not lifted until 1980.

References

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 80–81.
2. Pixton 2007, p. 49.
3. Gell 1985.
4. Bolger 1984, pp. 8–9.
5. Jowett 1989, Map 43.
6. Butt 1995, p. 241.

Sources

• Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-947562-00-7.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Pixton, Bob (2007). Liverpool Manchester 2:Cheshire Lines. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-03-6.

External links

• Warbreck The station's history Disused Stations UK
• The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
• Station on a 1948 O.S. map npe Maps
• Station and line HTS railwaycodes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clubmoor Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line Mainline		Aintree Central Line and station closed
Walton on the Hill Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line Dock Branch