Lydiate railway station

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Lydiate
Location
Place	Lydiate
Area	West Lancashire
Grid reference	SD355044
Operations
Original company	Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
History
1 September 1884	Station opens
1 January 1917	Station closes
1 April 1919	Station reopens
7 January 1952	Station closes
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Lydiate railway station was a station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway off Carr Lane, Lydiate. The Merseyside and Lancashire border runs down the stream alongside Altcar Lane, which runs parallel to the line.

The station first closed in 1917, along with all other stations on the extension line, due to WW1 economy measures.

The station was reopened on 1 April 1919, and continued in use until 7 January 1952, when the SCLER was closed to passengers from Aintree Central to Southport Lord Street. The line remained open for public goods traffic until 7-7-1952 at Southport Lord St., Birkdale Palace and Altcar & Hillhouse Stations. Public goods facilities were ended at Woodvale, Lydiate and Sefton & Maghull stations on the same date as passenger services (7-1-1952*) and there were never any goods facilities at Ainsdale Beach station to begin with. After 7-7-1952, a siding remained open at Altcar & Hillhouse for private goods facilities until May 1960. The very last passenger train to run on the SCLER was a railway enthusiasts 'special' between Aintree and Altcar & Hillhouse railways stations on 6-6-1959.

On the subject of railway station or line 'closing dates', it should be remembered that the official day of a closure IS ALWAYS given as the Monday following the date of last trains run. As this is almost always a Saturday, if the 7th January 1952 (Monday) is given as the date of closure, this means the ACTUAL LAST DAY OF SERVICES was Saturday, 5 January 1952. This is proven by last day tickets which bear the 5th January date.

References

External links

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Sefton and Maghull		Cheshire Lines Committee SCLER		Altcar and Hillhouse

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North Union Railway	Farington Euxton Balshaw Lane and Euxton Coppull Rawlinson Bridge

Ormskirk Branch Line	Midge Hall Cocker Bar Westhead Halt Skelmersdale

SCLER	Mossbridge Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate

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Coordinates: 53°31′55″N 2°58′25″W / 53.5320°N 2.9736°W / 53.5320; -2.9736

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