Freshfield railway station

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Freshfield
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General information
Location Freshfield, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°33′58″N3°04′19″W / 53.5660°N 3.0719°W / 53.5660; -3.0719
Grid reference SD291082
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFRE
Fare zoneD2
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
By April 1854Opened
29 July 1968Closed to goods
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 0.773 million
Ainsdale
towards Southport
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
  Formby
towards Liverpool Exchange

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References

Notes

  1. Down trains usually away from the major conurbation, usually London, some railway companies ran 'up' to their headquarters location. In this case 'down' was towards Southport. [7]

Citations

  1. Marshall 1969, pp. 152–153.
  2. Quick 2023, p. 199.
  3. 1 2 Yorke & Yorke 2009, p. 60.
  4. Parkinson 2013, pp. 243–244.
  5. 1 2 Gahan 1985, p. 88.
  6. 1 2 Lancashire Sheet XC.NE (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
  7. Simmons 1997, p. 548.
  8. Marshall 1969, p. 154.
  9. Awdry 1990, p. 88.
  10. Gell 1986.
  11. Lancashire XC.4 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1927.
  12. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 207.
  13. Ferneyhough 1975, pp. 164 & 176–177.
  14. Clinker 1978, p. 50.
  15. Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
  16. "Freshfield train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  17. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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