Walton & Anfield railway station

Walton and Anfield
General information
Location	Walton, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°26′34″N2°57′38″W / 53.4428°N 2.9606°W / 53.4428; -2.9606
Grid reference	SJ363944
Line(s)	Canada Dock Branch
Platforms	2 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London & North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London & North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1870 (1870-07-01)	Opened as Walton for Aintree
1 January 1910	Renamed Walton & Anfield
31 May 1948 (1948-05-31)	Closed [2]

Walton & Anfield railway station was located near Goodison Park on the Canada Dock Branch to east side of Walton Lane in Walton, Liverpool, England.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1870 and closed to passengers on 31 May 1948.

The site came to national attention in 1993 for being near to the scene where the toddler James Bulger was found dead, after having been abducted and murdered by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables.

Merseytravel have held talks about re-opening the Canada Dock Branch to passengers. ^[3]

In 2017 traces of the platforms could still be seen. Freight trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site. It was announced in December 2019 that Liverpool City Council had commissioned a feasibility study to see about reopening the Canada Dock Branch to passenger traffic. ^[4]

References

1. Gell 1985, Alphabetically under W.
2. Butt 1995, p. 240.
3. "Chapter 15: The Enhanced Programme – Major Schemes" (PDF). Transport Merseyside. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
4. Tyrrell, Nick (17 December 2019). "Work starts to figure out if Anfield train station could be built". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN   978-0-947562-03-8.

External links

• The station's history Disused Stations
• The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
• The station on an Edwardian 25" OS map National Library of Scotland
• The branch with stations and mileages Railway Codes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Spellow Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Canada Dock Branch		Breck Road Line and station closed