Gerards Bridge railway station

Gerards Bridge
Location
Place St Helens
Area St Helens
Coordinates 53°27′45″N 2°43′51″W / 53.462481°N 2.730809°W / 53.462481; -2.730809Coordinates: 53°27′45″N 2°43′51″W / 53.462481°N 2.730809°W / 53.462481; -2.730809
Grid reference SJ516965
Operations
Original company St Helens Canal and Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Platforms Two
History
1 February 1858 (1858-02-01) Opened
1 August 1905 (1905-08-01) Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Gerards Bridge railway station was on the St Helens to Rainford Junction[1] then Ormskirk line immediately north of Haresfinch Road in St Helens, England.[2] It opened on 3 February 1858 and closed on 1 August 1905. Remnants of the line through the station survive, leading to Pilkington's Cowley Hill site, though in September 2015 the tracks were out of use.

Services

The December 1895 timetable showed six "Down" trains to Rainford Junction and five "Up" to St Helens Monday-to-Friday, with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays.No trains called at Gerards Bridge on Sundays.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
St Helens Central
Line closed, station open		   London and North Western Railway
St Helens Canal and Railway		   Moss Bank
Line and station closed

References

  1. ↑ Engineers' Line Reference & mileages via railwaycodes
  2. ↑ Pixton 1996, p. 102
  3. ↑ 1895 Timetable via Disused Stations UK

Sources

  • Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 0 7524 0751 1
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