Walton on the Hill railway station

53°26′52″N 2°57′54″W / 53.4479°N 2.9651°W / 53.4479; -2.9651Grid referenceSJ360951Line(s)North Liverpool Extension LinePlatforms2^[1][2][3]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyCheshire Lines CommitteePre-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteeKey dates1 December 1879Station opened1 January 1918Station closed to passengers9 September 1968Station closed completely^[4][5]

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Merseyside Lines
Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

Walton on the Hill railway station was located on the Huskisson branch of the North Liverpool Extension Line at the junction of Rice Lane and Queens Drive in Walton, Liverpool, England.

The station opened on 1 December 1879. It closed to passengers on 1 January 1918 but continued as a public goods station for a further fifty years, closing completely on 9 September 1968. The through tracks were not lifted until 1980.

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External links

• The station via Disused Stations UK
• Station on a 1948 O.S. map via npe Maps
• Station on an 1888 OSmap overlay via National Library of Scotland
• Station and line HUS via railwaycodes
• Railtours via sixbellsjunction

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clubmoor Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line Dock Branch		Huskisson Line and station closed
Warbreck Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line North Branch