Vauxhall railway station (Merseyside)

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Vauxhall (Merseyside)
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General information
Location Vauxhall, Liverpool
England
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Key dates
2006Proposed

Vauxhall railway station is a proposed railway station in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool. If it is constructed it will be sited between Moorfields and Sandhills on the Merseyrail Northern Line. Construction of the new station was proposed in the 2006 Merseyside Local Transport Plan, where it is listed as Vauxhall/Stanley Dock. [1]

The station was included in the 2014 Liverpool City Region Long Term Rail Strategy [2] [3] [4] and in January 2017 it was again proposed by Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, as part of the city's North Docks project and also Everton Football Club's potential plans to build their new stadium in the area. [5]

In February 2025 Everton FC's Bramley Moore Dock Stadium opened with a test event with 10,000 fans - a fifth of the stadium's planned capacity. Severe overcrowding at the nearest current station, Sandhills, has lead to renewed calls for a new station. [6]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Sandhills   Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Moorfields

References

  1. "Local Transport Plan For Merseyside 2006 - 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022.
  2. Shennan, Paddy (28 August 2014). "Merseytravel plan to open or reopen host of new stations". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. "New city station considered in Merseytravel 30-year plan". BBC News. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. "Agenda for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority on Friday, 19th September, 2014, 11.00 am". liverpoolcityregion-ca.moderngov.co.uk. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  5. O'Keeffe, Greg (4 January 2017). "Joe Anderson reveals plans to build train station close to new Everton stadium site". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. Thorp, Liam (18 February 2025). "Everton fans say station problems 'disaster waiting to happen'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 February 2025.