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Churchtown railway station

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The 3.5-mile (5.6 km) section of the Southport-Preston line running from Southport Chapel Street station to Crossens station was electrified by the LYR in 1904 using the same 630V DC system as had been installed on the Liverpool-Southport line a few months earlier. Consequently, after this date,
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In the Churchtown area, the railway ran above the streets on an embankment, and crossed Cambridge Road on an iron bridge. The station was on the east side of Cambridge Road immediately after the bridge, with the booking office situated at street level, on the westbound side of the station, roughly
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Upon closure of the West Lancashire Railway in 1964, Churchtown station was demolished within days, to prevent any possible acts of vandalism and arson, as the station had been made entirely of wood (as with
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The bridge was dismantled during 1965 and the embankments on either side removed soon afterwards.
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in 1901, both termini were closed to passengers and became goods depots. Services then ran from
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travellers from Churchtown station used both electric and steam-hauled trains.
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Churchtown
Sefton
53°39′43″N 2°57′55″W / 53.661965°N 2.965384°W / 53.661965; -2.965384
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West Lancashire Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
West Lancashire Railway
Southport
Churchtown
Southport Central
Preston Fishergate Hill
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Southport Chapel Street
Preston
Penwortham Cop Lane railway station

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