Formby railway station

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Formby
Location
Place Formby
Local authority Sefton
Operations
Station code FBY
Managed by Merseyrail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.425 million
2005/06 * 0.482 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone D2
History
Key dates Opened 1848
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Formby from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

The station has a car park and a newsagent.

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[edit] History

Formby opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, who took over from the LCSR. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

[edit] Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

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[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
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Northern Line
  Freshfield