Meols Cop railway station

Not to be confused with Meols railway station.

Meols Cop
5 October 2007. The same view on 26 December 2009 without the gas holder
Location
Place	Blowick
Local authority	Sefton
Operations
Station code	MEC
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	26,821
2005/06 *	31,563
2006/07 *	38,906
2007/08 *	44,316
2008/09 *	57,192
2009/10 *	57,592
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D1
History
1 November 1887	Opened
1909	Electrified
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meols Cop from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Meols Cop railway station serves the Blowick suburb of the coastal town of Southport, Merseyside, England. The station has an island platform and is served by Northern Rail's Manchester Victoria - Southport via Wigan Wallgate branch services, on which it is the last stop before the terminus. The station is unstaffed and passengers must buy their tickets on the train.

History

Meols Cop railway station opened on 1 November 1887, originally as part of the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway. It is the only part of that line still in use, having replaced a section of the Manchester and Southport Railway.

The line through Meols Cop was electrified in 1909 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, though the third rail was only used for access to the nearby carriage works after the 1964 closure of the Southport-Crossens service. The works, Meols Cop Electric depot, closed in 1970, and the third rail was lifted shortly afterward.

Services

There is an hourly service in each direction to Southport and Manchester Victoria (via Atherton) on weekdays & Saturdays, with a few peak hour and late evening trains to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport via Bolton.

The station was closed on Sundays up until the December 2008 timetable change, but is now served hourly in each direction (to Stockport eastbound, with alternate trains continuing to Chester via Altrincham).

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

• Train times and station information for Meols Cop railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bescar Lane Burscough Bridge on Sundays		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line		Southport
Burscough Bridge		Northern Rail Manchester Airport-Southport		Southport
	Disused railways
Kew Gardens until 1907		Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway		Southport Ash Street until 1902
Butts Lane Halt from 1907				St Luke's from 1902
Trains reverse		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Southport-Crossens electric service		Hesketh Park
				St Luke's