Farnworth & Bold railway station

St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway
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Farnworth & Bold railway station served the Farnworth area of Widnes, England. The station was on the southern section^[1][2] of the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway which was later absorbed by the London and North Western Railway.^[3]

History

The station first appeared in public timetables in 1852 as plain Farnworth.^[4] Its name was changed to Farnworth & Bold on 2 January 1890.^[5] The station was closed to passengers on 18 June 1951, when passenger trains were withdrawn between Widnes and St Helens. It closed completely on 1 June 1964. The line through the station closed in 1981 and was subsequently lifted. The trackbed through the station and the station itself have been buried under the A557.^[6]

Services

In 1922 nine "Down" (northbound) trains a day called at Farnworth & Bold, 'One class only' (ie 3rd Class) and 'Week Days Only' (ie not Sundays). The "Up" service was similar. The trains' destinations were St Helens to the north and Ditton Junction to the south, with some travelling beyond to Runcorn or Liverpool Lime Street.^[7]

In 1951 the service was sparser but more complex. Six trains called in each direction, Monday to Friday, the early morning ones providing both 1st and 3rd Class accommodation. On Saturdays four trains called in each direction, 3rd Class only. No trains called on Sundays.^[8]

References

Notes

Sources

• Bradshaw (1986), Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide (reprint), Guild Publishing London 
• Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 0 7524 0751 1 
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6 

External links

• "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica. 
• The station on a 1888-1913 Overlay OS Map via National Library of Scotland
• the station on a 1948 OS Map via npe maps
• an illustrated history of the line via 8D Association