| 词条 | Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway |
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|box_width = auto |name = Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway |color = |logo = |logo_width = |image = Sandhills railway station in 1977.jpg |image_width = |caption = Approaching Sandhills from the north. |type = |system = National Rail |status = Operational |locale = Lancashire North West England |start = |end = |stations = |routes = |open = |close = |owner = Network Rail |operator = Northern |character = |depot = |stock = |linelength = |tracklength = |gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on|disp=br}} |speed = |elevation = |map = {{Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway}} |map_state = }} The Liverpool, Ormskirk & Preston Railway in north-west England was formed in 1846. It was purchased by the East Lancashire Railway the following year and opened to traffic on 2 April 1849. The railway ran from a junction with the Liverpool and Bury Railway near Walton northwards via {{rws|Ormskirk}} to a west-facing junction with the Blackburn & Preston Railway just east of Lostock Hall. Documents from 1847 signed by Joseph Locke, Sturges Meek and Mackenzie, Brassey & Stephenson show elevations, plans and sections for bridges on line. A direct route to {{rws|Preston}} from Lostock Hall was opened on 2 September 1850 and a branch line from Ormskirk to Rainford Junction via {{rws|Skelmersdale}} on 1 March 1858. From May 1859, it became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway system, following the ELR's absorption by that company. Under L&YR ownership, it became the company's main line from Liverpool to Preston & East Lancashire and carried through express trains to Blackpool and Scotland via {{rws|Blackburn}}, {{rws|Hellifield}} and the Settle-Carlisle Line as well as significant quantities of freight to the docks in Liverpool. From 1891, it was linked directly to the West Coast Main Line by a new connection near {{rws|Farington}} built as part of the work to upgrade that part of the route to four tracks. The southern end of the route was subsequently electrified by the L&YR in stages between 1906 (as far as Aintree) and 1913 (through to Ormskirk). Today the line still operates, though through services between Liverpool & Preston/East Lancashire were withdrawn in 1969/70. The section between Liverpool and Ormskirk forms part of Merseyrail's Northern Line and the section between Ormskirk and Preston forming Northern's Ormskirk Branch Line. Connections to Other Railways
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