Culcheth railway station

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Culcheth
Site of the station in 1996
Location
Place Culcheth
Area Warrington
Grid reference SJ648949
Operations
Original company Wigan Junction Railways
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
History
1 April 1884 (1884-04-01) Station opened
2 November 1964 Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Culcheth railway station was a former railway station in Culcheth, Lancashire, later Cheshire, England.

History

Culcheth station opened on 1 April 1884[1] along with 6 other stations on the Wigan Junction Railways (WJR), which was backed by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR).[2]

The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 to the Great Central Railway (GCR). The GCR absorbed the WJR on 1 January 1906.[3]

The WJR line ran through Lancashire from Glazebrook West Junction to Wigan Central[4] but was also a part of the bigger MS&LR / GCR network and therefore trains were originally provided by the MS&LR.

In April 1884, there were seven trains in each direction per day, all running between Manchester Central railway station and Wigan Central.

From 1900 until 1952 Culcheth was also served by additional passenger trains running to St Helens Central,[5] these coming to a halt when that line closed to passenger traffic in 1952.

In the war years, the railway line thhrough Culcheth was more frequently used, though after 1945 the line started to deteriorate.[5]

It closed on 2 November 1964 to passengers[1] and completely to freight in 1965 although the line survived as Freight only till 1968.

Culcheth station used to have two platforms. The old station layout was demolished in 1977 to be replaced by Culcheth Linear Park and to this day (2012) the remains of a rear wall of one of the platforms can still be identified opposite the car park at Culcheth Linear Park.

Location map

1911 map showing the location of Culcheth station (bottom right) on the GCR line from Glazebrook Junction to Wigan Central

Routes

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Newchurch Halt
Line and station closed		   Great Central Railway
Wigan Junction Railways		   Lowton St Mary's
Line and station closed

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Butt 1995, p. 74.
  2. ↑ Dow 1962, p. 104.
  3. ↑ Dow 1962, p. 105.
  4. ↑ Conolly 1976, p. 45, section C3.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wright.

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. 
  • Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176. 
  • Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8. 
  • Wright, Paul. "Culcheth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 

External links

Coordinates: 53°27′01″N 2°31′52″W / 53.45014°N 2.53124°W / 53.45014; -2.53124

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