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Southport Lord Street
(1884 - 1952)
The Aintree to Southport railway opened on September 1 1884 and the company's Southport terminus was located towards the south end of Lord Street
The station had a red-brick tall clock-tower projecting between the glazed verandahs which characterise Lord Street. Within the main building on the ground floor there was a booking hall, waiting rooms, a refreshment room and toilets were to be found and offices were on the upper floors
Iron and glass canopies provided protection to passengers at the western end of the 6 platforms
There was a goods yard which included 4 sidings, a large goods shed and offices, weighing machines and cattle pens
By December 1895 Southport Lord Street had 17 arrivals and 17 departures on weekdays but there were only three departures and arrivals on Sundays. In the summer months, many excursion trains were run and the station was a busy place but less so in the winter period as the railway line passed through an area of very little population
The line was closed in January 1917 because of the 1st World War and reopened in April 1919
The 1920s and 1930s were the golden years for British seaside towns such as Southport and hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers and day trippers visited the town and the station handled its fair share of the excursion traffic
After the 2nd World War the number of passengers did not reach the levels of earlier years and British Railways decided to close the passenger services with effect from January 7 1952. Goods services continued to serve Lord Street until July 7 1952 after which the station closed completely
The station then became a Ribble bus station until October 1987 when it was converted to a supermarket but the original frontage had to be saved and in November 2012 it was coverted into a Travelodge Hotel
The station had a red-brick tall clock-tower projecting between the glazed verandahs which characterise Lord Street. Within the main building on the ground floor there was a booking hall, waiting rooms, a refreshment room and toilets were to be found and offices were on the upper floors
Iron and glass canopies provided protection to passengers at the western end of the 6 platforms
There was a goods yard which included 4 sidings, a large goods shed and offices, weighing machines and cattle pens
By December 1895 Southport Lord Street had 17 arrivals and 17 departures on weekdays but there were only three departures and arrivals on Sundays. In the summer months, many excursion trains were run and the station was a busy place but less so in the winter period as the railway line passed through an area of very little population
The line was closed in January 1917 because of the 1st World War and reopened in April 1919
The 1920s and 1930s were the golden years for British seaside towns such as Southport and hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers and day trippers visited the town and the station handled its fair share of the excursion traffic
After the 2nd World War the number of passengers did not reach the levels of earlier years and British Railways decided to close the passenger services with effect from January 7 1952. Goods services continued to serve Lord Street until July 7 1952 after which the station closed completely
The station then became a Ribble bus station until October 1987 when it was converted to a supermarket but the original frontage had to be saved and in November 2012 it was coverted into a Travelodge Hotel
