General information | |||||
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Location | Stanlow, Cheshire West and Chester England | ||||
Grid reference | SJ440760 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Line(s) | Hooton–Helsby | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SNT | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
23 December 1940 | Opened | ||||
3 February 2022 | Services suspended | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 46 | ||||
2019/20 | 82 | ||||
2020/21 | 0 | ||||
2021/22 | 44 | ||||
2022/23 | 0 | ||||
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Stanlow and Thornton railway station is located within the Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, England. It lies on the Hooton–Helsby line with services operated by Northern Trains. The station is surrounded by the refinery site, so as a result most station users are refinery employees.[1] In 2018–19 it was the joint least-used railway station in Britain, tied with Denton in Greater Manchester.[2] In 2020/21, the station was also one of the least used stations in Britain, with 0 entries/exits. Since 3 February 2022 the station has been temporarily closed due to safety concerns of the footbridge which is the only entrypoint to the station.[3]