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Meols Cop
(1887 - )
Meols Cop Station serves the Blowick suburb of the coastal town of Southport. It has an island platform and is served by trains to Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate branch services
The station opened on November 1 1887, originally as part of the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway from Southport Central to Altcar and Hillhouse. It is the only part of that line still in use, having replaced by a section of the Manchester and Southport Railway
Goods traffic ceased to be handled in November 1967, with the closure of the goods yard
The station remained well served, with over 20 trains calling in each direction in the May 1975 timetable and this frequency remained more or less unchanged for the next two decades. Sunday services however ceased in the mid 1980s and the station became unstaffed in 1990, subsequently losing its wooden buildings to demolition in March 2000 replacement 'bus stop' style shelters being erected the following month. Sunday services have resumed
The station is unmanned. A self service ticket machine has been installed on the island platform. Passengers must purchase tickets from this machine using a debit or credit card before boarding a train. Passengers wishing to pay by cash must use the ticket machine to gain a Promise to Pay notice for their journey so that they can pay the fare with the on board conductor or at the destination station
There is a half hourly service in each direction to Southport and Manchester Victoria on weekdays & Saturdays. The station was closed on Sundays up until the December 2008 timetable change, but is now served by one train per hour to Manchester Victoria and one train per hour to Southport
The station opened on November 1 1887, originally as part of the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway from Southport Central to Altcar and Hillhouse. It is the only part of that line still in use, having replaced by a section of the Manchester and Southport Railway
Goods traffic ceased to be handled in November 1967, with the closure of the goods yard
The station remained well served, with over 20 trains calling in each direction in the May 1975 timetable and this frequency remained more or less unchanged for the next two decades. Sunday services however ceased in the mid 1980s and the station became unstaffed in 1990, subsequently losing its wooden buildings to demolition in March 2000 replacement 'bus stop' style shelters being erected the following month. Sunday services have resumed
The station is unmanned. A self service ticket machine has been installed on the island platform. Passengers must purchase tickets from this machine using a debit or credit card before boarding a train. Passengers wishing to pay by cash must use the ticket machine to gain a Promise to Pay notice for their journey so that they can pay the fare with the on board conductor or at the destination station
There is a half hourly service in each direction to Southport and Manchester Victoria on weekdays & Saturdays. The station was closed on Sundays up until the December 2008 timetable change, but is now served by one train per hour to Manchester Victoria and one train per hour to Southport
