Kew Gardens railway station (Merseyside)

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other Template:Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Kew Gardens was a railway station at Kew on the edge of Southport, Merseyside, England, situated north of the A570 between Meols Cop Road and Foul Lane.

History

The line and station were built by the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, opening on 1 November 1887.

Kew Gardens served and was named after a nearby park and boating lake, which closed around 1930. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938, though the line remained open for goods traffic until 21 January 1952. The track was left in place until 1964 for the storage of excursion stock.

The site has since been redeveloped and is now occupied by a retail park.

References

Sources

• Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848–1986. Heyday Publishing Company, Template:ISBN.

External links

• Kew Gardens via Disused Stations
• The line and mileages via Railwaycodes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Meols Cop until 1907	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Branch	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Shirdley Hill until 1907
Butts Lane Halt from 1907	style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" |		style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Heathey Lane Halt from 1907

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