New Cut Lane Halt railway station

New Cut Lane Halt
General information
LocationWest Lancashire
England
Coordinates53°35′48″N 2°58′00″W / 53.5966°N 2.9667°W / 53.5966; -2.9667
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish
Key dates
July 1906Halt opened
26 September 1938Halt closed to passengers[1]
21 January 1952Line closed completely
Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction railway
Legend
 Southport Central
until 1901
 Southport Ash Street
until 1902
Southport
Chapel Street
(MSR)
from 1901
Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Rly
St Luke's
from 1902
West Lancashire Railway
 Meols Cop
Blowick
Butts Lane Halt
from 1907
Manchester and Southport Rly
 Kew Gardens
Heathey Lane Halt
from 1907
 Shirdley Hill
New Cut Lane Halt
from 1906
 Halsall
Plex Moss Lane Halt
from 1906
 Barton
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly
 Altcar and Hillhouse
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly
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New Cut Lane Halt was a railway station between Shirdley Hill and Halsall in Lancashire. The station opened in July 1906 as a halt on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level. It was situated to the south of the roadbridge on New Cut Lane, to which it was connected by wooden steps. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938[2] and the tracks were lifted shortly after the line closed in 1952.

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 186.
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 311. OCLC 931112387.