Seaforth & Litherland railway station

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Location
Seaforth & Litherland
Place	Seaforth
Local authority	Sefton
Operations
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.300 million **
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C
History
1850	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
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Seaforth & Litherland railway station is a railway station in Seaforth, England on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It also serves the adjacent area of Litherland.

[edit] History

Seaforth & Litherland opened in 1850 as an intermediate station on the extended Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway to Liverpool Exchange which had terminated at Waterloo previously. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, who took over from the LCSR. Subsequently, with the advent of British Rail in 1948, it became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line.

[edit] Services

Trains run to either Southport or Liverpool Central and Hunts Cross at 15 minute frequencies Monday-Saturday daytime. During the evenings and on summer Sundays, trains run to Southport and Liverpool Central every 15 minutes, but every 30 minutes to Hunts Cross. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Seaforth & Litherland railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Seaforth & Litherland railway station from Multimap.com

Station information from Merseyrail

Preceding station		Following station
Bootle New Strand	Merseyrail Northern Line	Waterloo
Disused Railways
Gladstone Dock	Merseyrail North Mersey Branch	Waterloo
Seaforth Sands	Liverpool Overhead Railway	Waterloo

edit Merseyrail Northern Line Stations
Hunts Cross – Southport Branch
Hunts Cross Liverpool South Parkway Cressington Aigburth St Michaels Brunswick Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Bank Hall Bootle Oriel Road Bootle New Strand Seaforth & Litherland Waterloo Blundellsands & Crosby Hall Road Hightown Formby Freshfield Ainsdale Hillside Birkdale Southport
Ormskirk Branch
Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Walton Orrell Park Aintree Old Roan Maghull Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk
Kirkby Branch
Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Rice Lane Fazakerley Kirkby