Knotty Ash railway station

Template:Refimprove Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Template:CLC Lines in Merseyside Knotty Ash & Stanley railway station was located on the North Liverpool Extension Line to the north of the East Prescot Road, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England.

The station opened in 1879 as "Old Swan & Knotty Ash". It was renamed "Knotty Ash & Stanley" in 1888, but it was always referred to locally simply as "Knotty Ash". The station nameboards read "Knotty Ash".Template:Sfn

It closed to passengers on 7 November 1960, to general goods in 1965 and completely in 1972.

The line through the station was used by freight trains until 1975. The tracks were lifted in early 1979.

By 2015, the trackbed though the station site formed part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

External links

• The station's history Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1948 O.S. map npe Maps
• The station on an 1888 OS map overlay National Library of Scotland
• The station and line HTS railwaycodes
• The trackbed Sustrans

Template:Disused Rail Start |- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Childwall
Line and station closed | style="background:#Template:CLC colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | Cheshire Lines Committee
North Liverpool Extension Line | style="background:#Template:CLC colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|West Derby
Line and station closed |}

Template:Asbox