Altcar Rifle Range railway station

Disused railway station in Hightown, Merseyside

Altcar Rifle Range
Station remains in 2020.
General information
Location	Hightown, Sefton England
Line(s)	Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Key dates
1862	Station opens as Hightown Rifle Station
July 1886	Station renamed Altcar Rifle station
October 1893	Station closes
April 1894	Station reopened and renamed Altcar Rifle Range
3 October 1921	Station closes

Altcar Rifle Range railway station was a railway station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, situated a third of a mile north of Hightown, Merseyside.

History

It opened in 1862 as Hightown Rifle Station, and was renamed in July 1886. The station served the nearby Altcar Rifle Range, and a small tramway was used to transport munitions from the bay platform to the firing ranges. The station was closed briefly between c. October 1893 and c. April 1894, before permanent closure on 3 October 1921, too early to be affected by the Grouping of 1923.

The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the line of the former Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway.

The site today

The line through the station remains open and is today used by trains on the Merseyrail Northern Line.

References

Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4.
Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside, page 87. Countyvise Limited, ISBN 0-907768-07-5, and Avon AngliA Publications, ISBN 0-905466-73-X.
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.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.