 
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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