Otterspool railway station

Otterspool
Otterspool
	Otterspool railway station.
Location	Otterspool, Liverpool; England
Coordinates	53°22′07″N 2°56′07″W / 53.3685°N 2.9353°WCoordinates: 53°22′07″N 2°56′07″W / 53.3685°N 2.9353°W
Grid reference	SJ378862
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Garston and Liverpool Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 June 1864	Opened
5 March 1951	Closed

Cheshire Lines Committee

Legend

Merseyside Lines

Southport Lord Street

Birkdale Palace

to Southport

Ainsdale

Ainsdale Beach

Northern line

Woodvale

Freshfield

to Liverpool Central

Liverpool, Southport and

Preston Junction Railway

Hillhouse Junction

to Ormskirk

Aintree Junction

Southport Junction

Aintree Central

Aintree

Northern line

Warbreck

Orrell Park

Walton

to Kirkby

Rice Lane

to Liverpool Central

Fazakerley Junctions

Northern line

St James

Brunswick

(original)

Egerton Street Junction

to Lime Street

Liverpool South Parkway

Hunts Cross West Junction

Hunts Cross

to Manchester Central

Otterspool station was a railway station in Liverpool, England. It was located between St Michaels and Aigburth stations on the Garston and Liverpool Railway.

The station opened in 1864 and was absorbed into the Cheshire Lines Committee in 1865. It closed in 1951, due to low passenger numbers. The station was at the end of a long and otherwise empty lane running alongside Otterspool Park. Both the lane (the end of Otterspool Road) and the station building still exist, but the main building is now a private dwelling and a subsidiary building is derelict and mostly obscured by undergrowth. Whatever may remain of the platforms cannot be seen under vegetation.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Station Name: Otterspool". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ Linsley 2000, p. 160.
^ Gell 1985, p.29 & Front Cover.

Sources[]

Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.
Linsley, Robin (2000). Railways in camera : archive photographs of the great age of steam from the Public Record Office : 1860-1913. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84015-109-1.

External links[]

The station's history Disused Stations
The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
The station on a 25" Edwardian OS Map National Library of Scotland
The station on line HXS1, with mileages Railway Codes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
St Michaels Line and station open		Cheshire Lines Committee Garston and Liverpool Railway		Mersey Road and Aigburth Line and station open

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[DS1-1] "Station Name: Otterspool". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

[FOOTNOTELinsley2000160-2] Linsley 2000, p. 160.

[FOOTNOTEGell1985p.29_&_Front_Cover-3] Gell 1985, p.29 & Front Cover.

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Birkenhead Railway	Caldy Heswall Kirby Park Thurstaston
Canada Dock Branch	Alexandra Dock Bootle Balliol Road Breck Road Canada Dock Edge Lane Spellow Stanley Tue Brook Walton & Anfield
Cheshire Lines Committee	Ainsdale Beach Aintree Central Birkdale Palace Childwall Clubmoor Garston (Merseyside) Gateacre Huskisson Knotty Ash Liverpool Central High Level Liverpool St James Otterspool Sefton and Maghull Southport Lord Street Walton on the Hill Warbreck West Derby Woodvale
Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Birkenhead Grange Lane Birkenhead Monks Ferry Birkenhead Town Birkenhead Woodside Rock Lane Tranmere
Lancashire Union Railway	Carr Mill
Liverpool and Manchester Railway	Crown Street Huyton Quarry Parkside
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway	Altcar Rifle Range Bootle Village Formby Power Station Liverpool Exchange Liverpool Great Howard Street Miller's Bridge Southport Eastbank Street
Liverpool Overhead Railway	Alexandra Dock (LOR) Brocklebank Dock Brunswick Dock Canada Dock (LOR) Canning Clarence Dock Dingle Gladstone Dock (LOR) Herculaneum Dock Huskisson Dock James Street (LOR) Langton Dock Nelson Dock Pier Head Princes Dock Sandon Dock Seaforth Sands Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock
Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway	Blowick Butts Lane Halt Kew Gardens (Merseyside)
Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway	Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock Haydock Park St Helens Central (GCR)
Manchester and Southport Railway	Southport London Street
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board	Liverpool Riverside
North Mersey Branch	Aintree Racecourse Ford (Merseyside) Linacre Road Gladstone Dock
North Wales and Liverpool Railway	Storeton
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Allerton Church Road Garston Clock Face Crank Halt Garston Dock Gerards Bridge Halebank Moss Bank Old Mill Lane Peasley Cross Rainford Village Robins Lane Halt Rookery Sefton Park Speke Sutton Oak Union Bank Farm Halt Wavertree
West Lancashire Railway	Churchtown Crossens Hesketh Park Southport Ash Street Southport Central St Luke's
Wirral Railway	Birkenhead Dock Liscard and Poulton Seacombe Warren
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Otterspool
Otterspool railway station.
Location	Otterspool, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°22′07″N 2°56′07″W / 53.3685°N 2.9353°W / 53.3685; -2.9353Coordinates: 53°22′07″N 2°56′07″W / 53.3685°N 2.9353°W / 53.3685; -2.9353
Grid reference	SJ378862
Platforms	2^[1]^[2]^[3]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Garston and Liverpool Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 June 1864 (1864-06-01)	Opened^[1]
5 March 1951	Closed^[1]