Newchurch Halt | |
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General information | |
Location |
Culcheth,
Warrington England |
Coordinates | 53°26′50″N 2°30′42″W / 53.4471°N 2.5117°W |
Grid reference | SJ660946 |
Platforms | 2 [1] |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | London and North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 February 1943 | Station opened |
2 November 1964 | Station closed |
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Newchurch Halt was a railway station on the former Wigan Junction Railways line between Glazebrook and Wigan Central. [2]
The station opened on 1 February 1943, to serve nearby military establishments: a Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley, and a Royal Navy training camp. [3] A single-track private railway left the Wigan line just to the East of Newchurch Halt, and ran South, across a staffed level crossing at Silver Lane and eventually into the Royal Ordnance Factory. [4]
The station closed on 2 November 1964, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wigan line. [4] [5]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Culcheth Line and station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway Wigan Junction Railways |
Glazebrook Line closed, station open | ||
Padgate Line closed, station open |
Newchurch Halt | |
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General information | |
Location |
Culcheth,
Warrington England |
Coordinates | 53°26′50″N 2°30′42″W / 53.4471°N 2.5117°W |
Grid reference | SJ660946 |
Platforms | 2 [1] |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | London and North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 February 1943 | Station opened |
2 November 1964 | Station closed |
GCR lines to St Helens and Wigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newchurch Halt was a railway station on the former Wigan Junction Railways line between Glazebrook and Wigan Central. [2]
The station opened on 1 February 1943, to serve nearby military establishments: a Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley, and a Royal Navy training camp. [3] A single-track private railway left the Wigan line just to the East of Newchurch Halt, and ran South, across a staffed level crossing at Silver Lane and eventually into the Royal Ordnance Factory. [4]
The station closed on 2 November 1964, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wigan line. [4] [5]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Culcheth Line and station closed |
London and North Eastern Railway Wigan Junction Railways |
Glazebrook Line closed, station open | ||
Padgate Line closed, station open |