Collins Green railway station
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Collins Green railway station was opened by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR) on 15 September 1830. The station lay on the L&MR's line between St Helens Junction and Earlestown stations and was situated in the hamlet of Collins Green, Lancashire, one mile north of Burtonwood village.
The station was located just east of the point where the railway line passed over Penkford Lane (B5204). A short access road linked to the main station building on the south side of the line.
The L&MR was absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway on 8 August 1845 and this company became a major component of the London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) on 16 July 1846.
The L&NWR's passenger and goods traffic from Collins Green was taken over by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (L&MSR) on 1 January 1923. Three years after the L&MSR was nationalised within British Railways, Collins Green station was closed on 2 April 1951.
[edit] References
- The Directory of Railway Stations, R.V.J. Butt, Patrick Stephens, Yeovil, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Christopher Awdry, Guild Publishing, 1990, Ref CN 8983.
