West Allerton was more like Wet Allerton when we visited this station on Merseyrail's City Line. The station building's entrance is on a bridge over the line:
On the front of the station building is a poster about the station, which opened originally in 1939:
The rear of the station building gives onto the footbridge:
The footbridge seen from platform 4:
The footbridge bears a metal plaque:
Platform 4, with a small shelter:
Across one span of the footbridge to the island platforms 2 and 3, looking down the steps:
Platforms 2 and 3 seen looking eastwards:
Looking west along platform 2:
Looking east from the end of the operational part of platform 2 at the disused portion of platform 1:
Similarly, along the edge of platform 3, looking at a disused portion of platform 4:
Looking west under the bridges:
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