Knotty Ash railway station

Knotty Ash & Stanley railway station was located on the North Liverpool Extension Line to the north of the East Prescot Road, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England.

Knotty Ash & Stanley
Location	Knotty Ash, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53.4173°N 2.9014°W
Grid reference	SJ401915
Line(s)	North Liverpool Extension Line
Platforms	2[1][2][3]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 December 1879	Station opened to passengers as "Old Swan & Knotty Ash"
March 1882	Station opened for goods
1 November 1888	Station renamed "Knotty Ash & Stanley"
7 November 1960	Closed to passengers
6 September 1965	Closed to goods, except coal
1 May 1972	Closed completely[4][5]

Cheshire Lines Committee
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 Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

The station opened in 1879 as "Old Swan & Knotty Ash". It was renamed "Knotty Ash & Stanley" in 1888, but it was always referred to locally simply as "Knotty Ash". The station nameboards read "Knotty Ash".[6]

It closed to passengers on 7 November 1960, to general goods in 1965 and completely in 1972.

The line through the station was used by freight trains until 1975, the tracks were lifted in early 1979.

By 2015 the trackbed though the station site formed part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

References

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 52-53.
2. Pixton 2007, p. 41.
3. Gell 1985.
4. Bolger 1984, pp. 8-9.
5. Butt 1995, p. xxx.
6. Bolger 1984, p. 53.

Sources

• Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-947562-00-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pixton, Bob (2007). Liverpool Manchester 2:Cheshire Lines. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-03-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• The station's history Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1948 O.S. map npe Maps
• The station on an 1888 OS map overlay National Library of Scotland
• The station and line HTS railwaycodes
• The trackbed Sustrans

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Childwall Line and station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line		West Derby Line and station closed