Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
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The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) opened in 1848. Its original Liverpool terminus was called Waterloo; the line was later extended to Tithebarn Street which later became Liverpool Exchange station, by 1850. The original southport terminus was at Portland Street, the current Chapel street station open in 1855.
The LC&SR became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, who electrified the line on 5 April 1904. 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 line became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).
Stations on the line serve the following places:
- Sandhills - Liverpool Docks
- Bank Hall - Liverpool Docks
- Bootle Oriel Road - Bootle
- Bootle New Strand - Bootle
- Seaforth & Litherland - Seaforth & Litherland
- Waterloo (Liverpool) - Waterloo, Merseyside
- Blundellsands & Crosby - Crosby & Blundellsands
- Hall Road Blundellsands
- Hightown - Formby
- Formby - Formby
- Freshfield - Freshfield
- Ainsdale - Ainsdale
- Hillside - Ainsdale / Birkdale
- Birkdale - Birkdale
- Southport - Southport
