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Linacre Road
(1906 -1951)
Linacre Road station was located on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's (LYR) North Mersey Branch which ran from Fazakerley Junction, on the Liverpool Exchange to Wigan Line, to Gladstone Dock
The station was located on an embankment on the east side of the road from which it took its name. Access to the station was via a sloping path that connected the Aintree direction platform to Linacre Road. The station was constructed from timber and had two platforms. The main facilities were in a single storey timber building that was on the north side of the line and a set of steps connected it to that platform. A subway ran from the rear of the building under the line and provided a connection to the down (Liverpool direction) platform. Wooden waiting shelters were provided on both platforms
At the time of opening a frequent service was operated Monday to Saturday and there were trains on Sundays. There was also an hourly service in each direction between Aintree and Dingle which was on the Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR) but the Aintree and Dingle service was not a success and it was withdrawn in 1908. However during Aintree race meetings the LOR operated through trains which passed through Linacre Road
In July 1922, there were 22 up and 23 down trains Monday to Friday and on Saturdays there were 23 up and 24 down and on Sundays there were 9 trains in each direction. There was no Gladstone Dock service on Sundays
The LMS withdrew the Gladstone Dock service on 7 July 1924. The summer 1932 timetable showed Linacre Road as having 15 up and 16 down trains Monday to Friday with one less train in each direction on Saturdays and 9 in each direction on Sundays
The passenger service did not improve and it was withdrawn completely on April 2 1951 and Linacre Road station was closed after the service was withdrawn.The only passenger trains to use the line after this date were the once a year services which ran to Aintree Sefton Arms on Grand National day. These included the LOR services which ran until 1956 when that line was closed
The station was located on an embankment on the east side of the road from which it took its name. Access to the station was via a sloping path that connected the Aintree direction platform to Linacre Road. The station was constructed from timber and had two platforms. The main facilities were in a single storey timber building that was on the north side of the line and a set of steps connected it to that platform. A subway ran from the rear of the building under the line and provided a connection to the down (Liverpool direction) platform. Wooden waiting shelters were provided on both platforms
At the time of opening a frequent service was operated Monday to Saturday and there were trains on Sundays. There was also an hourly service in each direction between Aintree and Dingle which was on the Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR) but the Aintree and Dingle service was not a success and it was withdrawn in 1908. However during Aintree race meetings the LOR operated through trains which passed through Linacre Road
In July 1922, there were 22 up and 23 down trains Monday to Friday and on Saturdays there were 23 up and 24 down and on Sundays there were 9 trains in each direction. There was no Gladstone Dock service on Sundays
The LMS withdrew the Gladstone Dock service on 7 July 1924. The summer 1932 timetable showed Linacre Road as having 15 up and 16 down trains Monday to Friday with one less train in each direction on Saturdays and 9 in each direction on Sundays
The passenger service did not improve and it was withdrawn completely on April 2 1951 and Linacre Road station was closed after the service was withdrawn.The only passenger trains to use the line after this date were the once a year services which ran to Aintree Sefton Arms on Grand National day. These included the LOR services which ran until 1956 when that line was closed
