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The Liverpool Southport & Preston Junction Railway was formed in 1884 and totaled 7 miles. In 1897 it became part of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and on 1 May 1901 its northern terminus switched from Southport Central to Southport Chapel Street.It connected the West Lancashire Railway’s lines to the north of Southport to the CLC Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway at Altcar and Hillhouse railway station.