Altcar and Hillhouse railway station

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Altcar and Hillhouse was a railway station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway near Great Altcar, Lancashire. The station opened on September 1, 1884, and from 1887 to 1926 also served as the southern terminus of the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, which it connected with at Hillhouse Junction, between Altcar and Mossbridge. The "Altcar Bob" service, introduced in July 1906, was so named because it terminated here until that time. Altcar and Hillhouse was situated on the south side of the B5195 road, near the sewage works.

Along with all other stations on the extension line, Altcar and Hillhouse closed on January 1, 1917, due to World War I economy measures. The station reopened on May 1, 1919, before permanent closure on January 7, 1952. The line closed to goods traffic on July 7, 1952, and was lifted north of the station shortly thereafter. Rail access from the south was retained until 1960 to serve private sidings at the site. The route of the line through the station is today part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

[edit] References

• Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4. 

[edit] External links

• Altcar and Hillhouse at Disused Stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Lydiate		Cheshire Lines Committee Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway		Mossbridge until 1917
				Woodvale from 1919
Terminus		Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Branch		Barton until 1926