Seaforth & Litherland railway station
Seaforth & Litherland 
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| Location | |
| Place | Seaforth |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Coordinates | 53°27′57″N 3°00′18″W / 53.4657°N 3.0050°WCoordinates: 53°27′57″N 3°00′18″W / 53.4657°N 3.0050°W |
| Grid reference | SJ333970 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SFL |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.761 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.684 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.731 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.750 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.759 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C3 |
| History | |
| Original company | Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 October 1850 | Opened as Seaforth |
| July 1905 | Renamed Seaforth and Litherland |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Seaforth & Litherland from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Seaforth & Litherland railway station is a railway station in Seaforth, Merseyside, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It also serves the adjacent area of Litherland.
There are around four trains per hour, taking around 15 minutes to/from Liverpool Central.
The main section of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LCSR), that between Waterloo and Southport, opened in July 1848. On 1 October 1850, the line was extended southwards to Sandhills, where it connected with an existing line into Liverpool from Preston and from Bury. Among the intermediate stations on the extension was one at Seaforth, 4 1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) from the new southern terminus at Liverpool (Tithebarn Street) (later Liverpool Exchange). The LCSR was absorbed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at the start of 1855. Seaforth station was renamed Seaforth and Litherland in July 1905. 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 at the start of 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).
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