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:
A plaque next to the door of the station building:
The rear of the station building seen from the road bridge which crosses the line:
Looking up the ramp to the station building from platform 1:
Looking west along platform 1:
Looking west along the line:
Looking east along the platform from the end of platform 1:
The steps from platform 1 up to the station building, taped off at the time of our visit due to bees:
Looking east along platform 1 at the shelter, and bridges crossing the line:
The buffers at the eastern end of Merseyrail's line, which stops a little way before the bridge:
From the footbridge over the line, looking west at platform 1:
Looking east along the line at platform 2:
An amusing plaque on the footbridge:
A portion of ruined platform under the bridge:
Looking west from the buffers on platform 2:
A jumble of old stones and bits of breeze block wall on platform 2:
A flowerbed surrounded by stones:
Looking west along platform 2 at the shelter:
Looking east along platform 2:
All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001