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Sefton Park Station - Liverpool

Sefton Park Station opened on June 01, 1892 after the quadrupling of the railway between Wavertree and Ditton Junction on 13 July 1891.

The station building was located on the west side of the Smithdown Road overbridge. There was a subway connection between the platform on the east side of the bridge as well as the island platform which served the down fast and up slow lines.
There was direct stair access to the down slow platform.

Timber built waiting rooms were provided on the platforms. The station was managed by the station master at nearby Mossley Hill. However, competition from a frequent electric tramway and latterly bus services into the city centre reduced the demand for the station which closed on May 02, 1960.

The platforms were demolished though traces of the subway remain which can sometimes be glimpsed from the forecourt of Leadbetter and Murphy’s Undertakers depending on the state of the lineside vegetation!

There have been suggestions in recent years given further increases in population with large numbers of students living in the area that the station could be rebuilt and reopened.
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  • Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020

    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020

    The booking office and entrance to Sefton Park Station which closed on May 02, 1960. During the early 60s it retained a bare brick frontages as I recall as a child. However, following its conversion to retail and latterly workshop use it gained a rendered frontage which has stripped the front of its more typical railway architectural features.

  • Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020

    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020

    The booking office and entrance to Sefton Park Station which closed on May 02, 1960. During the early 60s it retained a bare brick frontages as I recall as a child. However, following its conversion to retail and latterly workshop use it gained a rendered frontage which has stripped the front of its more typical railway architectural features.

  • Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020

    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020

    The booking office and entrance to Sefton Park Station which closed on May 02, 1960. During the early 60s it retained a bare brick frontages as I recall as a child. However, following its conversion to retail and latterly workshop use it gained a rendered frontage which has stripped the front of its more typical railway architectural features.

  • Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 13, 2020

    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 13, 2020

    London and North Western Railway Company boundary post. There are two at Sefton Park station - one each side of the bridge over Smithdown Road. This is the one on the east side of the bridge located by Leadbetter and Murphy's Undertakers. Being away from the main pavement has resulted in its lettering remaining clear unlike the one situated on the other side of the bridge on the pavement outside the former station building where it has been worn smooth and illegible!

  • Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - May 03, 2020

    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - May 03, 2020

    The platform subway wall can just be discerned on the left of the picture between the two trees, covered in ivy.

  • Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - May 03, 2020

    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - May 03, 2020

    London and North Western Railway Company boundary post. Located on the pavement outside the former station building where it has been worn smooth and illegible by pedestrians compare this to the one on the other side of the railway bridge which is in the car park of Leadbetter and Murphy undertakers which is still in original condition.

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    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020
    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020
    Sefton Park Station, Smithdown Road, Liverpool - April 11, 2020