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Shirdley Hill
(1887 - 1938)
Shirdley Hill station opened on the Barton to Southport line on September 2 1887. The line was double-track, and the station was provided with two platforms. The main facilities were in a
single-storey brick building on the up (southbound) platform. On the north side of the station building and adjacent to it was a two-storey house for the stationmaster and, on its north side,
a further single-storey building that housed toilets. On the down platform was a simple waiting shelter
Goods facilities were located to the south of the passenger station, consisting of two sidings that could accommodate up to 32 wagons
Initially six trains ran in each direction between Southport and Downholland but, owing to insufficient use, the service was reduced to four trains in each direction but the July 1922 timetable showed ten weekday departures from Shirdley Hill for Southport Chapel Street, ten for Barton
During the 1930s, competition from local buses had a detrimental impact on the number of passengers and, as a result, the passenger service was withdrawn completely on September 26 1938
The goods service continued until January 1952 and the line was closed completely from the north side of the level crossing to Downholland although the track remained in situ until the early 1960s. The Shirdley Hill station site was later developed as a residential area named Shaws Garth after the last stationmaster. As part of the development a plaque was installed to show that the site was once Shirdley Hill station
Goods facilities were located to the south of the passenger station, consisting of two sidings that could accommodate up to 32 wagons
Initially six trains ran in each direction between Southport and Downholland but, owing to insufficient use, the service was reduced to four trains in each direction but the July 1922 timetable showed ten weekday departures from Shirdley Hill for Southport Chapel Street, ten for Barton
During the 1930s, competition from local buses had a detrimental impact on the number of passengers and, as a result, the passenger service was withdrawn completely on September 26 1938
The goods service continued until January 1952 and the line was closed completely from the north side of the level crossing to Downholland although the track remained in situ until the early 1960s. The Shirdley Hill station site was later developed as a residential area named Shaws Garth after the last stationmaster. As part of the development a plaque was installed to show that the site was once Shirdley Hill station
