Knotty Ash railway station

53°25′02″N 2°54′05″W / 53.4173°N 2.9014°W / 53.4173; -2.9014Grid referenceSJ401915Line(s)North Liverpool Extension LinePlatforms2^[1][2][3]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyCheshire Lines CommitteePre-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteePost-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteeKey dates1 December 1879Station opened to passengers as "Old Swan & Knotty Ash"March 1882Station opened for goods1 November 1888Station renamed "Knotty Ash & Stanley"7 November 1960Closed to passengers6 September 1965Closed to goods, except coal1 May 1972Closed completely^[4][5]

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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

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

The line through the station was used by freight trains until 1975. The tracks were lifted in early 1979.^{[citation needed]}

By 2015, the trackbed though the station site formed part of the Trans Pennine Trail.^{[citation needed]}

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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