Formby railway station

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Formby
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General information
Location Formby, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°33′13″N3°04′15″W / 53.5535°N 3.0708°W / 53.5535; -3.0708
Grid reference SD292068
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFBY
Fare zoneD2
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
24 July 1848 (1848-07-24)Opened as Formby and Altcar
1866Renamed Formby
1913Rebuilt
3 October 1960Closed to goods
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.516 million
Freshfield
towards Southport
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
  Hightown
towards Liverpool Exchange

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References

Notes

  1. Up trains usually headed towards the major conurbation, usually London, some railway companies ran 'up' to their headquarters location. In this case 'up' was towards Liverpool. [3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Quick 2023, p. 197.
  2. Lancashire Sheet XC (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1848.
  3. Simmons 1997, p. 548.
  4. Gahan 1985, pp. 29 & 88.
  5. Marshall 1969, p. 154.
  6. Awdry 1990, p. 88.
  7. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 205.
  8. Lancashire XC.8 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1893.
  9. Gahan 1985, p. 88.
  10. Gell 1986.
  11. Yorke 1987, p. 27.
  12. Ferneyhough 1975, pp. 164 & 176–177.
  13. Clinker 1978, p. 49.
  14. Williams 2011, p. 179.
  15. Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
  16. "Formby train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  17. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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