North Liverpool Extension Line

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The North Liverpool Extension Line is a now-disused railway line in Liverpool, England. It was built by the Cheshire Lines Committee, branching from the Committee's Liverpool to Manchester line at Hunts Cross and skirting the edge of Liverpool before finally arriving at the Walton Triangle, a junction where one line continued north to Aintree and another turned west towards the River Mersey. It opened between 1879 and 1880. The Aintree branch was extended to Southport in 1884.

The route closed in stages. In 1960 the line closed to passengers between Aintree and Gateacre. In 1972 passenger trains to Gateacre were withdrawn, and freight trains (which had continued to serve Huskisson station) no longer ran after 1979.

The line is no longer in use and the trackbed now forms part of National Cycle Network Route 62, the Trans Pennine Trail.

1 Route
- 1.1 Main line
- 1.2 North branch
2 Plans
3 External links

[edit] Route

[edit] Main line

Hunts Cross junction with CLC Liverpool to Manchester line.
Gateacre 1 December 1879-15 April 1972.
Childwall 1 December 1879-1 January 1931.
Knotty Ash 1 December 1879-7 November 1960.
West Derby 1 December 1879-7 November 1960.
Clubmoor 14 April 1927-7 November 1960.
Fazakerley South Junction.
Fazakerley West Junction.
Walton on the Hill Walton 1 December 1879-1 January 1918.
Walton Tunnel No 41 (240 yd)
Walton Tunnel No 42 (643 yd)
Walton Tunnel No 43 (249 yd)
Huskisson 13 July 1880-1 May 1886.

[edit] North branch

Fazakerley South Junction.
Fazakerley North Junction.
Fazakerley Junction with the Midland Railway's Langton Dock Branch.
Warbreck 1 August 1929-7 November 1960.
Aintree Central Aintree 13 July 1880-7 November 1960.
Southport Junction
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway

[edit] Plans

The CLC put forward several plans to connect to Liverpool Docks via the extension. On of these was the Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancashire Railway.