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- Alexandra Dock
- Atlantic Dock Junction
Walton and Anfield formerly Walton
(1870 - 1948)
On July 1 1870 the passenger service was extended to run to Canada Dock, and Walton & Anfield was opened to serve it. The station was originally called Walton. It was located on the east side of Walton Lane to the south-east of Walton-on-the-Hill. The line at this point was on an embankment and it passed over Walton Lane on a bridge
The station had two platforms, both of which were reached via sloping pathways that connected to Walton Lane on either side of the bridge. The main facilities were located on the up platform (Liverpool direction) in a single-storey timber building which had a tiny canopy. The building contained a booking office, waiting rooms and toilets and on the down platform (Canada Dock direction) there was a smaller building in a similar style to that on the up side; it contained a small office and a waiting room
Walton station had extensive goods facilities with 4 sidings located to the east of the passenger station on the north side of the line
On January 1 1910 the station was renamed Walton & Anfield, the district of Anfield being to the south-east of the station. A large cemetery called Anfield Cemetary had been laid out to the south of the station on the eastern side of Walton Lane in the early 1860s
Walton & Anfield closed to goods services on December 7 1964 and the sidings were lifted shortly after but the passenger station platforms remained after closure. On February 12 1993 2 year old James Bulger was murdered at Walton & Anfield station by 10 year olds Robert Thompson and John Venables. On February 14 1993 the body of James Bulger was discovered at the station on the down line. The murder was widely reported and Walton & Anfield station was widely photographed and filmed
In 2013, the up platform was extant and the frontage of the goods office on Cherry Lane could still be seen. The line through Walton & Anfield had become a very busy freight artery and Merseytravel had given consideration to reopening the Bootle branch and Walton & Anfield station to passenger services.
The station had two platforms, both of which were reached via sloping pathways that connected to Walton Lane on either side of the bridge. The main facilities were located on the up platform (Liverpool direction) in a single-storey timber building which had a tiny canopy. The building contained a booking office, waiting rooms and toilets and on the down platform (Canada Dock direction) there was a smaller building in a similar style to that on the up side; it contained a small office and a waiting room
Walton station had extensive goods facilities with 4 sidings located to the east of the passenger station on the north side of the line
On January 1 1910 the station was renamed Walton & Anfield, the district of Anfield being to the south-east of the station. A large cemetery called Anfield Cemetary had been laid out to the south of the station on the eastern side of Walton Lane in the early 1860s
Walton & Anfield closed to goods services on December 7 1964 and the sidings were lifted shortly after but the passenger station platforms remained after closure. On February 12 1993 2 year old James Bulger was murdered at Walton & Anfield station by 10 year olds Robert Thompson and John Venables. On February 14 1993 the body of James Bulger was discovered at the station on the down line. The murder was widely reported and Walton & Anfield station was widely photographed and filmed
In 2013, the up platform was extant and the frontage of the goods office on Cherry Lane could still be seen. The line through Walton & Anfield had become a very busy freight artery and Merseytravel had given consideration to reopening the Bootle branch and Walton & Anfield station to passenger services.
