Index
- Hunts Cross to Aintree Home
- Hunts Cross
- Gateacre
- Childwall
- Knotty Ash
- West Derby
- Clubmoor
- Warbreck
- Aintree Central
- Walton on the Hill
- Huskisson
Hunts Cross to Aintree Central
(1879 - 1960)
The Hunts Cross to Aintree Central line was opened in December 1879 by the Cheshire Lines Railway (CLC)
It was called the North Liverpool Extension Line and connected the CLC Liverpool and Manchester line at Hunts Cross and Aintree and there was branch line to the north Liverpool docks at Huskisson Dock
CLC had access to the south Liverpool docks but to the north of the city new docks had been built that could take much larger vessels. The most logical way for the CLC to gain such access would have been for them to extend their Liverpool and Manchester line by three miles from its Liverpool terminus. However this would have involved tunnelling under the city centre which would have been prohibitively expensive. The alternative solution was to build a line around the eastern edge of the city using agricultural land that was, by the 1870s, very cheap
On August 11 1881 a scheme called the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (SCLER) was approved which would create a line from Aintree to the seaside resort of Southport and making a connection to the North Liverpool Extension line. The new line opened on September 1 1884. The racecourse station at Aintree Central opened for public services at the same time
In 1948, the new nationalised railway company saw no need for the former SCLER lin as it could run trains from the North Liverpool Extension line to Southport Chapel Street via a connection with the rail network at Aintree. The SCLER passed through sparsely inhabited country and was unremunerative. Passenger services between Aintree Central and Southport Lord Street were withdrawn from July 7 1952
It was called the North Liverpool Extension Line and connected the CLC Liverpool and Manchester line at Hunts Cross and Aintree and there was branch line to the north Liverpool docks at Huskisson Dock
CLC had access to the south Liverpool docks but to the north of the city new docks had been built that could take much larger vessels. The most logical way for the CLC to gain such access would have been for them to extend their Liverpool and Manchester line by three miles from its Liverpool terminus. However this would have involved tunnelling under the city centre which would have been prohibitively expensive. The alternative solution was to build a line around the eastern edge of the city using agricultural land that was, by the 1870s, very cheap
On August 11 1881 a scheme called the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (SCLER) was approved which would create a line from Aintree to the seaside resort of Southport and making a connection to the North Liverpool Extension line. The new line opened on September 1 1884. The racecourse station at Aintree Central opened for public services at the same time
In 1948, the new nationalised railway company saw no need for the former SCLER lin as it could run trains from the North Liverpool Extension line to Southport Chapel Street via a connection with the rail network at Aintree. The SCLER passed through sparsely inhabited country and was unremunerative. Passenger services between Aintree Central and Southport Lord Street were withdrawn from July 7 1952
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Hunts Cross | May 1874 | ||
| Gateacre | Dec 1879 | Apl 1972 | 1973 |
| Childwall | Dec 1879 | Jan 1931 | 1943 |
| Knotty Ash | Dec 1879 | Nov 1960 | 1972 |
| West Derby | Dec 1879 | Nov 1960 | 1964 |
| Clubmoor | Apl 1927 | Nov 1960 | |
| Warbreck | Aug 1929 | Nov 1960 | |
| Aintree Central | Jul 1880 | Nov 1960 | 1964 |
| Walton-on-the-Hill | Dec 1879 | Jan 1918 | 1968 |
| Huskisson | Jul 1880 | May 1886 | 1975 |