Skelmersdale Branch

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Skelmersdale Branch
LUECKE
HST
Ormskirk
STRlf eABZ3lg STRlg
LOPR
exSTR HST
Burscough Junction
exHST LUECKE
Westhead Halt
exHST
Skelmersdale
exHST
White Moss Level Crossing Halt
LUECKE exHST
Hey's Crossing Halt
HST exSTR
Kirkby
STRlf ExKRZdrur STRlg
Liverpool and Bury Railway
exSTR HST
Rainford Junction
exSTR LUECKE
exLUECKE
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway

The Skelmersdale Branch (SKE) connected the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway at Ormskirk with Skelmersdale, Rainford Junction with the Liverpool and Bury Railway and the St. Helens Railway. It was built by the East Lancashire Railway which was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway shortly afterward.

It opened on 1 March 1858. Passenger services ended 5 November 1956, goods to Rainford finished on 16 November 1961 and Skelmersdale on 4 November 1963. Since then Skelmersdale has had no rail connection and has grown considerably. Proposals have been put forward for the reopening of a section of line, reconnecting trains for Skelmersale into the Liverpool - Ormskirk line.[1]

[edit] Route

[edit] References

  1. ^ Potential Rail Improvements in North Western England - Evidence presented to the Transport Select Committee, 2002-03
  2. ^ Westhead halt on Disused Stations
  3. ^ White Moss Level Crossing on Disused Stations
  4. ^ Hey Crossing on Disused Stations

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