Opened: 2nd April 1849 as Walton Junction; this is the first station after the split between the Ormskirk and Kirkby lines. This was renamed to Walton in 1970 but they have to add (Merseyside) in official references so it's not confused for Walton-on-the-Naze or Walton-on-Thames.
Number of platforms: Two
Points of interest: There's one road into the station. About halfway down, it splits in two; one goes down to a small car park and the Liverpool platform, while the other branch goes upwards to the station building at the top. The Ormskirk bound platform is accessed through the ticket office and across the footbridge. That's not very interesting, is it? Ok, how about there used to be some railway cottages on the Liverpool platform, wedged in the V of the junction to Kirkby. They're gone now, so that's not very interesting either.
What's changed since then? Nothing much, so far as I could tell. This was the very early days of the blog so I wasn't really taking pictures of the stations, relying on my "amusing" commentary instead, but aside from the flat station sign being replaced for a cube and possibly the new shelters I couldn't see anything that would've changed in twenty, or maybe fifty, years.
Proof of visit:
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