Stanlow and Thornton railway station

Stanlow and Thornton
On the platform
General information
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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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]