Plex Moss Lane Halt railway station

Plex Moss Lane Halt
The "Altcar Bob" at Plex Moss Lane Halt circa 1907
Location
Area	West Lancashire
Coordinates	53°34′39″N 2°58′10″W / 53.5775°N 2.9694°W / 53.5775; -2.9694Coordinates: 53°34′39″N 2°58′10″W / 53.5775°N 2.9694°W / 53.5775; -2.9694
Operations
Original company	Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish
Platforms	2
History
July 1906	Halt opened
26 September 1938	Halt closed to passengers[1]
21 January 1952	Closed completely
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction railway
Altcar and Hillhouse Junction with SCLER Barton Plex Moss Lane Haltfrom 1906 Halsall New Cut Lane Haltfrom 1906 Shirdley Hill Heathey Lane Haltfrom 1907 M&SR Kew Gardens Butts Lane Haltfrom 1907 Blowick Meols Cop Junction with WLR St Luke'sfrom 1902 Junction with M&SR Southport Ash Streetuntil 1902 Southport Centraluntil 1901 Junction with LCSR Southport Chapel Stfrom 1901

Plex Moss Lane Halt was a railway station between Halsall and Barton in Lancashire. The station opened in July 1906 as a halt on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level which required steps to be lowered from the coach for passenger access. It was situated to the south of the road bridge on Plex Moss Lane, to which it was connected by wooden steps. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938 and the tracks were lifted shortly after the line closed in 1952.

In 2015 the bridge and trackbed were plainly visible, the latter as a wide band of mature trees.

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. 
• Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4. 

External links

• Plex Moss Lane Halt via Disused Stations
• The line and mileages via Railwaycodes