LEA GREEN.

D170 approaching the site of the old station. The station house still exists in private use. Unfortunately the station closed long before I took any photographs. 10 June 1969.

47851 at the same location on 10 June 2007.

Note the increase in lineside vegetation since 1969.

37417 on the rear of a railtour. The new station is about ¾ mile beyond the train.

24 June 2006.

37406 with a railtour. The old station was located here, with the eastbound platform partly underneath the bridge on which the photographer was standing.

24 June 2006.

45407 on the rear of the "Bowring Centenarian" charter train.

24 June 2007.

10 August 2008.

48151 with the "15 Guinea" Anniversary train from Liverpool to Carlisle.

60009 with a Liverpool - Holyhead charter.

LEA GREEN (New).

57305 + 390.039 at Lea Green (new) with a Liverpool - London service.

3 October 2004.

67029 with the Liverpool (Stanton Grove) - Warrington Enterprise service on 26 October 2007.

150.269.

The farm bridge at the west end of the station has recently been demolished.

23 August 2007.

156.488 with an eastbound local service.

28 August 2007.

28 November 2007.

60077 at Lea Green with a Liverpool - Fiddlers Ferry MGR.

30 November 2007.

60068 at Lea Green with MGR empties.

Marshalls Cross, Sutton. 60081 heads eastwards with a MGR service. The rear of the train is in the new Lea Green station.

5 September 2003.

156.472 at the same location on 1 August 2007.

Again, note the increased vegetation in only 4 years.

Marshalls Cross, Sutton.

66144 with the Arpley - Seaforth steel scrap service.

Looking east towards St. Helens Junction, 1 August 2007.

D182 near Marshalls Cross, 10 June 1969. 

SUTTON, St. Helens. 50043 + (?) 50036 on the Liverpool portion of a service to Scotland in April 1974. Viewed from Monastery Lane footbridge. 

The same location as the previous photograph, D169 with a Liverpool - Newcastle service on 8 June 1969.