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Notes: Walton on the Hill Station was situated on the Cheshire
Lines Committee's North Liverpool Extension Line which connected
its main Liverpool to Manchester line to the north Liverpool docks
at Huskisson by skirting through agricultural land to the east
of Liverpool. When the line opened Walton-on-the-Hill was the
terminus but seven months later on 13.7.1880 services started
running through to Husskison.
On 1.5.1885 the station became a terminus for passenger services
once again when Huskisson closed. Walton on the Hill was located
on the western point of the Walton Triangle at the mouth of a
tunnel at what was a busy railway location right up to the late
1960s. Adjacent to the station was the Walton on the Hill engine
sheds.
The passenger station closed on 1.1.1918 a very early casualty
to road competition. However it remained virtually intact until
the early 1980s when the area was developed for housing.
The line closed in August 1975 and was lifted in the spring of
1980.
To see the other
stations on the CLC North Liverpool Extension Line click on the
station name: Aintree
Central, Warbreck, Huskisson,
Clubmoor, West
Derby, Knotty Ash,
Childwall & Gateacre
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