Halewood

CRS Code	HED
Collected date	02/07/13

Halewood station is on the Merseyrail "City Line", which seems to be code for the bits of Merseyrail that aren't electrified and are operated by Northern Rail. It's a modern station, with a building at street level and a couple of platforms on an embankment. The station building at street level:

A ramp and steps lead up from street level to platform 1. The steps have lines from a poem written on them. Some lines have disappeared but it's enough that Google will find the rest of the poem!

The entrance to platform 1 seen from platform 2 opposite:

The brick shelter on platform 1:

Halewood knows what it is for:

A long view of platform 1:

On platform 1 looking west:

Looking east, with platform 2 on the right:

Getting to the other platform involves coming back down to street level to see a second parapet where more trackbed used to run:

A ramp zigzags up from street level to platform 2:

But there are short flights of steps to help shortcut the zigzags:

The approach to platform 2's shelter, up the final stretch of ramp:

Looking east along the line:

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