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The platforms at Gilfach Fargoed are very short, only being able to accommodate a single carriage; at Tir-Phil, however, work to extend the platform to take the proposed six car trains has now been completed.
In 2016, a petition (so far unsuccessful) was started by a local resident calling for the London Travelcard Zone 6 to be extended to include this station, as well as Esher and Hersham stations.
Woolwich Arsenal also saw introduction of electric trains in 1926 as part of Phase Three of the Southern Railway's Eastern Section electrification programme.
Lostock was also re-opened at the site of a 1960s Beeching casualty, the new station being given the suffix Parkway.
(Lostock has subsequently lost its Parkway status)
Merseyrail's Northern Line separates after Sandhills to go to Southport and Ormskirk. Bank Hall is the first station towards Southport, whereas Kirkdale is the first one towards Ormskirk.