Butts Lane Halt railway station

53°38′21″N 2°58′10″W / 53.6393°N 2.9695°W / 53.6393; -2.9695Grid referenceSD359163Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and ScottishKey dates18 December 1909^[1]opened26 September 1938closed to passengers^[2]

Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction railway
Legend
Southport Central until 1901 Southport Ash Street until 1902 Southport Chapel Street (MSR) from 1901 Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Rly St Luke's from 1902 West Lancashire Railway Meols Cop Blowick Butts Lane Halt from 1907 Manchester and Southport Rly Kew Gardens Heathey Lane Halt from 1907 Shirdley Hill New Cut Lane Halt from 1906 Halsall Plex Moss Lane Halt from 1906 Barton Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly Altcar and Hillhouse Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly
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Butts Lane Halt was a railway station in the Blowick suburb of Southport, Merseyside.

History

The station opened on 18 December 1909 as a halt on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level, situated on an embankment to the south of Butts Lane bridge.

The station closed on 26 September 1938, though the line remains open and is today used by trains on the Northern Manchester to Southport Line.

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, ISBN 0-947562-04-4.

External links

• Butts Lane Halt via Disused Stations
• The line and mileages via Railwaycodes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Meols Cop		Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Branch		Kew Gardens