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- 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 216. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 164, 166. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
- ↑ "Opening of the Southport and Preston Railway" . Liverpool Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 16 September 1882. Retrieved 7 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Marshall 1969 , pp. 168, 170
- ↑ Web site- Disused Stations by Nick Catford
