Walton (WAO)

Walton is a stop on the Merseyrail Northern Line's Ormskirk branch in North Liverpool between Kirkdale and Orrell Park
Merseyrail 508 111 arrives with a Liverpool bound service


Information
Type: National Rail (Merseyrail Northern Line
Ormskirk Branch)
Station code: WAO
Opened: 1849
Platforms: 2

The station was opened as Walton Junction in 1849 by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway in 1849. The station is located just North of the junction of the Ormskirk and Kirkby branches of the Merseyrail Northern Line. The station was renamed Walton by British Rail.

The station is staffed with the usual bus shelters and public information screens. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. The station is a very short walk from Rice Lane on the Kirkby branch.
Station building


One of the platform shelters

Station footbridge

A Merseyrail train prepares to depart

507 016 departs for Ormskirk