Seaforth & Litherland is on Merseyrail's Northern Line and is to the North of Liverpool city centre between Waterloo and Bootle New Strand.
Merseyrail 508 126 arrives
Information
Type:
National Rail (Merseyrail Northern Line)
Station code:
SFL
Opened:
1850
Platforms:
2
The station was opened as Seaforth in 1850 by the Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Railway as the railway extended its line south to Sandhills. The station was renamed Seaforth & Litherland in 1905.
The station was also the Northern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway which extended to Seaforth Sands in 1905 [1]. The railway later having a carriage shed and workshop adjacent to the station [2]. The LOR line was closed in 1956.
The station today has two platforms either side of an island. Access to the platforms is via a covered walkway from the street.
Station entrance
Standard Merseytravel style platform signage
Station sign
Ramp up to the platforms
507 021 departs heading north
[1] Martin Jenkins & Charles Roberts, Merseyside Transport Recalled (Ian Allan, 2014) p. 20 [2] Jonathan Cadwallader & Martin Jenkins, Merseyside Electrics (Ian Allan, 2010) p. 12
