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Freshfield railway station

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Freshfield
General information
LocationSefton
Managed byMerseyrail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFRE
Fare zoneD2
History
Opened1854

Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Freshfield opened in 1854 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It was built at the insistence of the local landowner, Thomas Fresh, to provide him access to the railway, as when the railway opened in 1848, there was no village for it to serve. Fresh donated his own land for the purpose.[1] It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), On 14 June 1855.[2] who took over from the (LCSR). The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).

The platforms at Freshfield station were refurbished between December 2010 and April 2011.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

References

  1. ^ Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside. Birkenhead: Countryvise Ltd. p. 88. ISBN 0-905466-73-X.
  2. ^ Awdry, p. 88
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ainsdale
towards Southport
  Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Formby
towards Hunts Cross