• Source: Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway

    • The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway was an early British railway company operating in the then county of Lancashire. It was constructed to link the Cheshire Lines Committee railway at Aintree to Southport. It operated from 1884 to 1952.


    History



    The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway was authorised by two acts of Parliament, the Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. cxciii) of 11 August 1881 and the Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. cclxi) of 18 August 1882, the first authorising the line as far as Birkdale and the second the remaining section to Southport Lord Street. It was promoted by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) and was a natural extension of their North Liverpool Extension Line to Southport.

    The 14 miles 3 chains (22.6 km) line was built as a double track railway opening on 1 September 1884. The line was worked by the CLC under arrangements made in its acts of Parliament, these acts were ratified and amended by the Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. lxx) to allow working with other companies.
    The railway remained independent until nationalisation in 1948.


    Route


    North Liverpool Extension Line
    Aintree Central, Aintree. 13 July 1880 – 7 November 1960.
    Southport Junction
    Junction with Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
    Sefton and Maghull, Maghull. 1884–1952.
    Lydiate, Lydiate. 1884–1952.
    Altcar and Hillhouse, Altcar 1884–1952.
    Junction with Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway 1884.
    Mossbridge 1884–1917.
    Woodvale, Woodvale. 1884–1952.
    Ainsdale Beach, Ainsdale. 1901–1952.
    Birkdale Palace, Birkdale. 1884–1952.
    Southport Lord Street, Southport. 1884–1952.


    Closure


    Passenger services ended 7 January 1952 and goods six months later. The line remained in intermittent use from Aintree to Altcar and Hillhouse to provide access to private sidings until May 1960, when the line was finally lifted.


    The route today


    The trackbed forms part of National Cycle Network Route 62, the Trans Pennine Trail. From Woodvale northwards the trail is joined by the Southport Coastal Road.
    In January 2019, the Campaign for Better Transport released a report identifying the line which was listed as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments).


    References


    Footnotes

    Sources
    Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
    Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-00-1.
    Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864–1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
    Griffiths, R. Prys; Goode, C.T. (1978). The Cheshire Lines Railway (Revised edition (1947) with additional notes ed.). St Albans: The Oakwood Press.


    External links


    Historic map of railways in Liverpool
    Childwall railway station
    The line and mileages via Railwaycodes

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