Kenyon Junction railway station

Kenyon Junction
General information
LocationCulcheth, Warrington
England
Coordinates53°27′49″N 2°32′19″W / 53.4637°N 2.5387°W / 53.4637; -2.5387
Grid referenceSJ642964
Platforms4[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLiverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 September 1830 (1830-09-15)Opened as Bolton Junction
June 1843Renamed Kenyon Junction
2 January 1961Station closed to passengers[3]
1 August 1963Station closed completely[3]

Kenyon Junction was a railway station at Kenyon near Culcheth in Warrington, England. The station was built at the junction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway.[4][5] It was situated in the historic county of Lancashire. The station opened in 1830 as Bolton Junction and closed to passengers on 2 January 1961 before closing completely on 1 August 1963.[6] The junction fell out of use when the line serving Leigh was closed in 1969.[7]

  1. ^ Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photos 43 & 48.
  2. ^ James 2004, p. 11.
  3. ^ a b Butt 1995, pp. 38 & 130.
  4. ^ Sweeney 1996, p. 8.
  5. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45.
  6. ^ Butt 1995, p. 38.
  7. ^ Kenyon Junction Station, subbrit.org.uk, retrieved 10 September 2010