Formby railway station

Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park.

Formby
Location
Place	Formby
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53.5535°N 3.0708°W / 53.5535; -3.0708
Grid reference	SD291068
Operations
Station code	FBY
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1.312 million
2015/16	1.385 million
2016/17	1.492 million
2017/18	1.476 million
2018/19	1.516 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D2
History
Key dates	Opened 1848 (1848)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Formby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

Formby opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LCSR). It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) on 14 June 1855[1] who took over from the LCSR. 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 station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatisation in 1995).

Formby is mentioned in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann. This is because the Beeching Report listed Formby as a station to be closed, along with the entire Liverpool to Southport route.

Facilities

The station is staffed, 15 minutes before the first train and 15 minutes after the last train, and has platform CCTV. There is a payphone, ticket machines, booking office and live departure and arrival screens for passenger information. The station has a free car park, with 126 spaces, as well as an 8-space cycle rack and secure indoor storage for 40 cycles. The platforms are fully accessible for wheelchair users with lifts available.[2]

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Gallery

• 
  The ticket office at Formby.
• 
  The station frontage, on the main road.
• 
  A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the station.
• 
  A building on the Southport-bound platform.
• 
  The station from the south

References

1. Awdry 1990, p. 88
2. "Formby train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

Bibliography

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Train times and station information for Formby railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Formby railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Freshfield towards Southport		Merseyrail Northern Line		Hightown towards Hunts Cross