page_title: Allerton railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Allerton railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Pre Grouping railway junction around Allerton &amp; Garston; Pateley Bridge; Cleobury Mortimer
context_page_description: Allerton railway station was a railway station on the City Line of the Merseyrail network, located in the suburbs of Liverpool, England.
context_section_description: It opened on 15 February 1864 with the opening of the St Helens Railway's extension to Edge Hill.
  Despite the name, it was not located in the suburb of Allerton, but in neighbouring Garston. The station was located at the Allerton Junction of the routes from Liverpool to Manchester and Crewe.
  Prior to closure, the station was served by the hourly Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road service. A stopping service to Crewe ran for many years, but was withdrawn in the early 1990s.
  Allerton lost much of its traffic in 1978 when the nearby Garston station reopened on Merseyrail's Northern Line, offering a faster, more frequent service to Liverpool Central.
  Despite the low passenger numbers, the station retained a staffed booking office - open all day when trains were running - in accordance with the policy of the local PTE, Merseytravel.
caption: A 1913 Railway Clearing House map (left) of railways in the vicinity of Allerton
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