Station Name: WALTON & ANFIELD

 

[Source: Paul Wright]


Date opened: 1.7.1870
Location: On the east side of Walton Lane (A580)
Company on opening: London North Western Railway
Date closed to passengers: 31.5.1948
Date closed completely: 7.12.1964
Company on closing: British Railways (London Midland Region)
Present state: Roadside station building forms part of residential property. The westbound (Liverpool Lime Street) platform wall can still be seen from a distance by standing on City Road bridge. The eastbound platform has been demolished with only a few bricks remaining alongside the track.
County: Lancashire
OS Grid Ref: SJ363944
Date of visit: 6.2.2005

Notes: Notes: Walton and Anfield Station was situated on the LNWR Canada Dock Branch which ran from Edge Hill through the northern suburbs of Liverpool to the Docks. The station was originally called Walton, Anfield being added from 1.1.1910. The line opened to Canada Dock in 1866 for goods traffic.

In 1870 a passenger service was extended along the line from Tuebrook Station. On 5th September 1881 a branch was opened to Alexander Dock which was also served by passenger trains. All of the stations on the line had closed by 31.5.1948 although it continued to be used by Liverpool Lime Street - Southport through coaches from and to London Euston. Latterly this service was offered by a connecting DMU but when the Merseyrail Loop and Link line opened in 1977 it was withdrawn.

In the 1990s the station site became infamous as the location for a widely publicised child murder that took place there.

To see the other stations on the Canada Dock branch click on the station name: Canada Dock, Spellow, Breck Road, Tue Brook, Stanley & Edge Lane


Walton & Anfield Station looking south east before 1910. Note the station sign says Walton for Aintree



Looking east towards Walton and Anfield Station c.1930's. The station was located on the right hand side of the bridge.


The original roadside building now incorporated into a residential property (February 2005)
Photo by Paul Wright


Looking towards the north shows the entire length of the Liverpool Lime Street direction platform in January 2008. It is still substantially intact 50 years after the station closed to passenger services.
Photo by Andrew Ellis



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[Source: Paul Wright]

 

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