LAMENT FOR A BRANCH LINE
Feb 15, 2022
4 minutes
After listening to the station announcements, David Hindle travelled the branch from Preston to Southport on several memorable occasions: “The train now standing at Platform 10 is for All Stations to Southport. This train will call at Penwortham Cop Lane, New Longton and Hutton, Longton Bridge, Hoole, Hesketh Bank, Hundred End, Banks, Crossens, Churchtown, Hesketh Park, St Lukes and Southport Chapel Street.”
As late as 1964, people living in Penwortham, Hutton, Longton, Hesketh Bank and Hoole and other rural and suburban areas of south west Lancashire could catch a train into Southport or Preston for main line connections
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