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Speke
(1852 - 1930)
Speke station was first shown in the timetable in September 1852. It was located half a mile north of its village namesake on the eastern side of Woodend Avenue which passed over the line on a bridge, the line being in a cutting at that point. In the mid 1850s Speke was served by trains between St Helens and Garston Dock, and between Warrington and Garston Dock
The LNWR line over the River Mersey opened on April 1 1869 and from this date the section of line on which Speke station was situated became part of the main line between Liverpool and London with direct links to Chester and North Wales. Services towards Warrington continued, but stopping trains running between Liverpool and Crewe and between Liverpool and Chester also served the station
The route through Speke became extremely busy and from July 13 1891 it was quadrupled. The station was rebuilt for the quadrupling. In its post-1891 form it had four platform faces, two of which were part of an island platform. The main entrance to the station was via a single-storey street-level building located on the north side of the line. From the entrance building a covered footbridge spanned the tracks. The footbridge connected to all of the platforms which were provided with single-storey structures with hipped roofs, complementing the southern entrance building. Awnings were placed in front of the flanking platform buildings and surrounding the building on the island platform
The December 1895 timetable showed Speke being served by 10 up and 9 down trains on weekdays with an extra train on Saturdays
Little development had taken place in its vicinity by 1930 and the station was fairly isolated. Speke itself was served by buses and Hunts Cross station on the CLC was better placed to serve residential developments to the north. For that reason the LMS closed Speke on September 22 1930. Its platform level buildings were demolished shortly afterwards. Ironically, within a decade a number of factories had been developed adjacent to the station site
The LNWR line over the River Mersey opened on April 1 1869 and from this date the section of line on which Speke station was situated became part of the main line between Liverpool and London with direct links to Chester and North Wales. Services towards Warrington continued, but stopping trains running between Liverpool and Crewe and between Liverpool and Chester also served the station
The route through Speke became extremely busy and from July 13 1891 it was quadrupled. The station was rebuilt for the quadrupling. In its post-1891 form it had four platform faces, two of which were part of an island platform. The main entrance to the station was via a single-storey street-level building located on the north side of the line. From the entrance building a covered footbridge spanned the tracks. The footbridge connected to all of the platforms which were provided with single-storey structures with hipped roofs, complementing the southern entrance building. Awnings were placed in front of the flanking platform buildings and surrounding the building on the island platform
The December 1895 timetable showed Speke being served by 10 up and 9 down trains on weekdays with an extra train on Saturdays
Little development had taken place in its vicinity by 1930 and the station was fairly isolated. Speke itself was served by buses and Hunts Cross station on the CLC was better placed to serve residential developments to the north. For that reason the LMS closed Speke on September 22 1930. Its platform level buildings were demolished shortly afterwards. Ironically, within a decade a number of factories had been developed adjacent to the station site
