Hightown Station

People do get off here – the people who live here. And there are quite a lot of people who live around here, but it’s a quiet, posh kind of back country sort of place where all the houses have gates – and yet I get the feeling everyone knows everyone.
It’s a very tiny area with only a pub. a church, a post office, a small general store, and a hair dresser’s. That just about sums up Hightown.
I’m not sure there’s any reason to get off the train here unless you know someone who lives here!

Considering the lack of people who ever alight (I’ve always wanted to use that word) at this particular station it is well maintained and boasts a nice little set-​up — a sturdy bridge, sheltered eves on the Southport side of the track, some decent seating. The staff here aren’t quite as friendly as they are at Formby but, honestly, I meet few people who are.
Also in its favour is its proximity to the Hightown Hotel pub, Hightown shop and Hightown surgery so if you need a swift drink, a bag of McCoys or some medical attention for that strange rash on your leg, then they’re no more than a few skips away from the platform of Hightown station.