[2] The station was built largely of "yellow glazed bricks with an over-abundance of roofing supported on numerous iron columns".

[3] There an additional two tracks that avoid the station on the western side behind a wall descending to Bankfield Goods Yard.

[9] In 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

[11] Train running information is provided via automated announcements, digital CIS displays, customer help points on each platform and timetable posters.

[12] Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday, to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south.