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St Lukes formerly Southport St Lukes Road formerly Southport St Lukes formerly Barton Street
(1883 - 1968)


St Luke's railway station was a railway station in Southport opened on July 2 1883 as Barton Street. It was then renamed three months later as Southport St Luke's Road. On March 1 1902, the station was renamed again as Southport St Luke's, In May 1914, the station was finally named St Luke's

The direct line to Wigan closed on June 14 1965 with trains being diverted via Meols Cop. The end of St Luke's station came when the Preston platform, still serving a number of trains, finally closed on September 9 1968

Today, the site of the Wigan platforms have been built over with a modern housing development, but the tracks widen at a point where the Preston platform used to stand and can be clearly seen by passing trains









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