Rice Lane railway station

Rice Lane
A view of the ticket office, from the footbridge.
General information
Location	Walton, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°27′27″N 2°57′46″W / 53.4576°N 2.9628°W / 53.4576; -2.9628
Grid reference	SJ361960
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RIL
Fare zone	C1
Key dates
20 November 1848 (1848-11-20)	Opened as Preston Road
14 May 1984	Renamed Rice Lane
Passengers
2019/20	0.724 million
2020/21	0.210 million
2021/22	0.417 million
2022/23	0.504 million
2023/24	0.453 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rice Lane railway station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre in the Walton district. It is on the Kirkby branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

The station was opened on 20 November 1848, and was known as Preston Road until 14 May 1984.^[1] It is located just to the north of Walton Junction, where the Kirkby and Ormskirk branches of the Northern line diverge; Walton (Merseyside) station on the Ormskirk line is close by (5 minutes away on foot along Hornby Road).