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Bispham Road junction at Meols Cop
Image: © Colin Pyle
Taken: 15 Jul 2013
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Meols Cop railway station, Lancashire
Opened in 1887 by the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway (principally running north east-south west from Preston to Merseyside), this station has, by an accident of history and geography, ended up on the Wigan-Southport (south east - north west) line, replacing a small part of the Manchester and Southport Railway's original line. View north west towards Southport.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 31 Dec 2009
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Southport-bound platform, Meols Cop Railway Station
Looking towards the B5276 road bridge.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 13 Jun 2012
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Meols Cop Railway Station
The island platform, with a shelter and the stairway from the main road. The B5276 Norwood Road bridge is at the end of the platform.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 13 Jun 2012
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Passengers at Meols Cop Station boarding the 16:05 train to Wigan, Bolton and Manchester
Image: © Ian Greig
Taken: 5 Aug 2016
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Railbus, Meols Cop Railway Station
Northern Rail unit 142044 is on the way through Meols Cop, bound for Wigan, after leaving Southport.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 13 Jun 2012
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Flower planter, Meols Cop Railway Station
The flowers are maintained by a local community group who have adopted the station from Northern Rail.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 13 Jun 2012
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Platform at Meols Cop station
The station has a single island platform, which it seems has always been the case. Other railway facilities around the station have long disappeared. It is a historical oddity that the station, situated on a long loop from the original Wigan-Southport line, has survived to form part of that route, while a section of the direct route was removed a long time ago.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 22 Sep 2025
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Meols Cop railway station
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 23 Jun 2018
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Departing Railbus, Meols Cop Railway Station
Northern Rail unit 142033 departs with the service to Wigan.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 13 Jun 2012
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