Place Hightown Station code HTO DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SD300036 Managed by Merseyrail 2011/12 0.409 million Pte Merseytravel | |
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Address Hightown, Liverpool L38 3RX, United Kingdom Similar Freshfield railway station, Ainsdale railway station, Formby railway station, Hall Road railway station, Cressington railway station | ||
Hightown railway station serves the village of Hightown in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.
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History
Hightown opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), on 14 June 1855, who took over from the (LCSR). The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).
Facilities
The station is staffed, 15 minutes before the first train and 15 minutes after the last train, and has platform CCTV. Both of the two platforms have waiting rooms. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. There is secure indoor storage for 54 cycles. The platforms are linked via a stepped bridge but both may be accessed via the road.
Services
Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.