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Kirkby

CRS Code KIR
Collected date 01/07/13

Kirkby sign

Kirkby is one of the termini of the Merseyrail Northern Line, and as at Ormskirk the electrified line ends and a diesel line continues onwards.

The front of the station building:

Kirkby front

A plaque next to the door of the station building:

Kirkby plaque

The rear of the station building seen from the road bridge which crosses the line:

Kirkby rear

Looking up the ramp to the station building from platform 1:

Kirkby platform 1 ramp

Looking west along platform 1:

Kirkby platform 1 looking west

Looking west along the line:

Kirkby looking west

Looking east along the platform from the end of platform 1:

Kirkby platform 1 looking east

The steps from platform 1 up to the station building, taped off at the time of our visit due to bees:

Kirkby platform 1 exit

Looking east along platform 1 at the shelter, and bridges crossing the line:

Kirkby platform 1 shelter

The buffers at the eastern end of Merseyrail's line, which stops a little way before the bridge:

Kirkby buffers

From the footbridge over the line, looking west at platform 1:

Kirkby from bridge looking west

Looking east along the line at platform 2:

Kirkby from bridge looking east

An amusing plaque on the footbridge:

Tubewrights Ltd Liverpool

A portion of ruined platform under the bridge:

Kirkby under bridge

Looking west from the buffers on platform 2:

Kirkby platform 2 buffers

A jumble of old stones and bits of breeze block wall on platform 2:

Kirkby platform 2 bits

A flowerbed surrounded by stones:

Kirkby platform 2 flowerbed

Looking west along platform 2 at the shelter:

Kirkby platform 2 looking west

Looking east along platform 2:

Kirkby platform 2 looking east