Haydock railway station

Haydock
General information
LocationHaydock, St Helens
England
Coordinates53°27′57″N 2°40′19″W / 53.465750°N 2.671916°W / 53.465750; -2.671916
Grid referenceSJ555967
Platforms2[1][2][3][4]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLiverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1895[5]Station opened for goods
3 January 1900[6]Station opened for passengers
1930-38Down platform closed
1944Closed for goods[7]
3 March 1952[8]Station closed completely[9]

Haydock railway station served the village of Haydock, formerly in Lancashire, now in Merseyside, England.[10][11]

The station was on the Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway line from Lowton St Mary's to the original St Helens Central railway station where it was crossed by what is now the A599 in the centre of the village.[12][13]

East of the station was the 99 yards (91 m) Haydock Colliery Tunnel, the only tunnel on the line. It was built at the railway's expense using the 'cut and cover' method.[14] Its sole purpose was to burrow beneath Haydock Colliery's tracks.

  1. ^ Dow 1965, p. 11.
  2. ^ Pixton 1996, p. 124.
  3. ^ Shannon & Hillmer 2003, p. 104.
  4. ^ Suggitt 2004, p. 59.
  5. ^ Dow 1965, p. 10
  6. ^ Dow 1965, pp. 9–12
  7. ^ Sweeney 2014, p. 38
  8. ^ Pixton 1996, p. 125
  9. ^ The station via Disused Stations UK
  10. ^ The station on a 1948 OS Map via npe Maps
  11. ^ Jowett 2000, Map 60.
  12. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45
  13. ^ Station and line HOB3 via railwaycodes
  14. ^ Sweeney 2014, pp. 46–47