Kew Gardens railway station (Merseyside)

Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens railway station circa 1930, looking north towards Southport
Location
Place	Southport
Area	Sefton
Operations
Original company	Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1887 26 September 1938 1952	Opened Closed (regular services) Closed (all services)
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Kew Gardens was a railway station on the edge of Southport, Merseyside, on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway. The station opened on 1 November 1887, and was situated north of the A570 between Meols Cop Road and Foul Lane. Kew Gardens served and was named after a nearby 12-acre (49,000 m²) park and boating lake, which closed around 1930. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938, though the line remained open for goods traffic until 21 January 1952. The track was left in place until 1964 for the storage of excursion stock. The site has since been redeveloped and is now occupied by a retail park.

References

• Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, ISBN 0-947562-04-4.

External links

• Kew Gardens at Disused Stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Shirdley Hill until 1907		Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Branch		Meols Cop until 1907
Heathey Lane Halt from 1907				Butts Lane Halt from 1907