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- Southport to Preston Home
- Southport Central
- Southport Windsor Road
- Southport Ash Street
- St Lukes
- Hesketh Park
- Churchtown
- Crossens
- Banks
- Hundred End
- Hesketh Bank & Tartleton
- River Douglas
- Hoole
- Longton Bridge
- New Longton & Hutton
- Penwortham (Cop Lane)
- Preston West Lancs
- Preston
Hesketh Park
(1878 - 1964)
Hesketh Park station was built on the Southport to Preston railway (WLR) and opened on February 20 1878 with the first section of the WLR.
At first it was the southern terminus and the trains ran to Hesketh Bank
The two-platform station’s main facilities were on the ‘down’ (Preston-bound) side and the up platform had an enclosed, brick-built waiting shelter
There was a goods yard with two sidings, one of which ran up to the rear of the down platform also goods sheds were provided
After acting as the southern terminus for a few months, on June 10 1878, the line was extended southwards to Southport Windsor Road, and Hesketh Park became a through station. When the WLR completed the route to Preston on September 6 1882, trains calling at Hesketh Park were extended to Preston West Lancashire station
In April 1898, a stationmaster’s house was ordered for Hesketh Park and the two-storey brick-built house was constructed adjacent to the station building
The railway company decided to extend the electrification between Liverpool Exchange and Southport Chapel Street onward through Hesketh Park as far as Crossens
By summer 1932, Hesketh Park had 44 weekday electric services to Southport and these were supplemented by 21 steam-hauled services that came from Preston
The ‘Beeching’ report of 1963 recommended the complete closure of the railway from Meols Cop through to Preston including the busy electric section, despite the fact that the services on the line were carrying over two million passengers per year. All services were withdrawn with effect from September 7 1964, and Hesketh Park station closed to passenger services
The goods yard at Hesketh Park remained open as it handled domestic coal supplies until November 24 1967
The station stood in a derelict condition for a period after which it was demolished and later developed as a residential area
The two-platform station’s main facilities were on the ‘down’ (Preston-bound) side and the up platform had an enclosed, brick-built waiting shelter
There was a goods yard with two sidings, one of which ran up to the rear of the down platform also goods sheds were provided
After acting as the southern terminus for a few months, on June 10 1878, the line was extended southwards to Southport Windsor Road, and Hesketh Park became a through station. When the WLR completed the route to Preston on September 6 1882, trains calling at Hesketh Park were extended to Preston West Lancashire station
In April 1898, a stationmaster’s house was ordered for Hesketh Park and the two-storey brick-built house was constructed adjacent to the station building
The railway company decided to extend the electrification between Liverpool Exchange and Southport Chapel Street onward through Hesketh Park as far as Crossens
By summer 1932, Hesketh Park had 44 weekday electric services to Southport and these were supplemented by 21 steam-hauled services that came from Preston
The ‘Beeching’ report of 1963 recommended the complete closure of the railway from Meols Cop through to Preston including the busy electric section, despite the fact that the services on the line were carrying over two million passengers per year. All services were withdrawn with effect from September 7 1964, and Hesketh Park station closed to passenger services
The goods yard at Hesketh Park remained open as it handled domestic coal supplies until November 24 1967
The station stood in a derelict condition for a period after which it was demolished and later developed as a residential area
