Altcar Rifle Range railway station

Altcar Rifle Range railway station was a railway station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, situated a third of a mile north of Hightown, Merseyside. It opened in 1862 as Hightown Rifle Station, and was renamed in July 1866. The station served the nearby Altcar Rifle Range, and a small tramway was used to transport munitions from the bay platform to the firing ranges. The station was closed briefly between c. October 1893 and c. April 1894, before permanent closure on October 3, 1921, though the line remains open and is today used by trains on the Merseyrail Northern Line.

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Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, ISBN 0-947562-04-4.
Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside, page 87. Countyvise Limited, ISBN 0-9-07768-07-5, and Avon AngliA Publications, ISBN 0-905466-73-X.