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Notes: Ford Station was located on the North Mersey Branch which
ran from Fazakerley Junction, on the Liverpool Exchange to Wigan
Line, to Gladstone Dock. The line was opened on 8.1867 as an important
goods line linking the north Liverpool docks with the L&YR
route to the east. Connections to the Ormskirk - Liverpool line
where provided at Sefton Junction (Aintree) going from west to
north and at North Mersey Branch Junction going from South to
East.
In 1906 the L&YR electrified the North Mersey Branch from
North Mersey Branch Junction to Sefton Junction and they opened
two Stations at Linacre Road and Ford. The stations were served
by an electric commuter service that ran from Aintree Sefton Arms
Station to Liverpool Exchange. On 7.9.1914 the L&YR extended
the electrification to a new station at Gladstone Dock. The service
on this section of the line lasted less than 10 years ending on
7.7.1924
The Liverpool Exchange to Aintree Service via Ford continued until
2.4.1951. The only passenger trains to use the line after this
date were the once a year services which ran from the Liverpool
Overhead Railway to Aintree Sefton Arms on Grand National day.
These services ceased with the closure of that line in 1956 although
excursions from further afield continued to run into the 1990's. Demolition of Ford Station was completed on 1st May 1959.
The route was always more important for goods and it reverted to serving only that role. On the 2.2.1971 the section of line from North Mersey Branch Junction to North Mersey Yard was closed. On the 1.5.1977 the connection to the Wigan line was severed at Fazakerley Junction. Only the section from North Mersey Branch Junction to Sefton Junction and to Fazakerley sidings which was by then an engineers depot survived. In 1987 what had become a short spur to Fazakerley sidings was closed and in the early 1990's regular goods services had ceased. Today the line survives as a route for engineers trains to access the Merseyrail Ormskirk line.
To see the other
stations on the North Mersey Branch click on the station name:
Aintree Racecourse,
Linacre Road &
Gladstone Dock
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