Notes: Lydiate Station opened as part of the Southport and
Cheshire Lines Extension Railway which ran between Aintree Central
and Southport Lord Street on 1.9.1884. The line was designed
to give access to the lucrative holiday market at Southport
as an alternative to the L&Y route. From the beginning the
line was served by trains from Liverpool Central and from Manchester
the former following a circuitous route that could not hope
to compete with the direct Liverpool Exchange to Southport Chapel
Street Route.
Lydiate Station was located on the north side of a level crossing
and had two platforms with a substantial wooden station building
provided on the southbound platform. A small shelter type waiting
room was provided on the northbound platform.
The station closed to passengers on 1.1.1917 as a war time economy
measure. It re-opened on 1.4.1919.
Lydiate Station did not survive long into the nationalization
period, freight services were withdrawn on 1.1.1952 with the
line completely on 7.1.1952. The line through the station survived
to serve private sidings at Altcar and Hillhouse for a further
eight years.
Today the route of the line through the station site forms part
of the Cheshire
Lines Path which is itself part of the Trans
Pennine Trail cycleway and footpath between Southport and
Hull..
For stations
on Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway click on
the station name: Southport
Lord Street, Birkdale
Palace, Ainsdale
Beach, Woodvale,
Mossbridge, Altcar
& Hillhouse,
Sefton and
Maghull & Aintree
Central
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