Maghull lies on the line to Ormskirk and is one of the most well-looked after stations on Merseyrail's network, and even if you couldn't tell from the planters and the signs, perhaps you could guess from the trophy cabinet inside the ticket office:
At the south end of the station site is the level crossing:
The level crossing is guarded by a small brick building:
The side and rear of the small building, with the station forecourt visible on the left:
The forecourt area looking southwards, with the level crossing in the background:
The roundabout is planted too!
The front of Maghull station building from the concourse area:
The windows are boarded up but painted:
The side of Maghull station building, where the windows are not so well decorated:
And the rear of the station building and bike park:
The station building gives onto the northbound platform 2, seen here from the footbridge:
On platform 2, with more painted windows in the station building to the right:
The deep arches in this slightly different building on platform 2:
Looking north along the line from the end of platform 2:
Both platforms seen from the northern end of platform 2:
Although a level crossing provides level access to both platforms, there is a footbridge:
The view from the footbridge south towards Liverpool:
Looking north from the footbridge:
The building and canopy on platform 1:
The woodwork under the canopy:
Next to the ramped entrance to platform 1 by the level crossing a building stands covered in scaffold and sheeting:
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