railroad.wikisort.org - StationGolborne North railway station served the town of Golborne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.[5]
Former railway station in North-West England
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The site of the station in 2017 |
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Location | Golborne, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan England |
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Coordinates | 53.485601°N 2.593035°W / 53.485601; -2.593035 |
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Grid reference | SJ607989 |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway |
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Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
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Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
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1 July 1895 | Station opened for goods |
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3 January 1900 | Station opened for passengers as "Golborne" |
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1 February 1949 | Renamed "Golborne North" |
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3 March 1952 | Station closed completely[4] |
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GCR lines to St Helens and Wigan |
Legend |
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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. It was located just east of where it crossed both the WCML[6] and what is now the A573, at the northern edge of the town.[7][8]
The station was built of wood and had very sparse facilities.[4][9]
History
Opened by the Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway, as part of the Great Central Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was referred to locally as "Golborne GC" to distinguish it from the ex-LNWR Golborne station on the West Coast Main Line in the centre of the town. In 1949, the ex-LNWR station was renamed Golborne South and the ex-GCR station was renamed Golborne North.
Services
In 1922, five "down" (towards St Helens) trains called at the station on Mondays to Saturdays. They called at all stations from Manchester Central to St Helens via Glazebrook and Culcheth.[10]
By 1948, four trains plied between St Helens Central and Manchester Central, calling at all stations, Monday to Friday, reduced to three on Saturdays.[11]
A fuller selection of public and working timetables has now been published. Among other things, this suggests that Sunday services ran until 1914 but had ceased by 1922, never to return.
Closure
The station was closed to all traffic by the British Railways Board in 1952, though goods traffic through the site to St Helens lingered on until 1965, and to a scrapyard in Haydock. In 1968, a new connection ("spur") was built connecting a Shell oil terminal in Haydock, and scrapyard, to the West Coast Main Line. This enabled the line through Golborne North to be closed and lifted.
The site today
By 2005, even seasoned researchers could not tell a railway had ever existed at the station site.[4]
Preceding station |
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Disused railways |
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Following station |
Lowton St Mary's Line and station closed |
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Great Central Railway Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway |
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Haydock Park Line and station closed |
References
Sources
- Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, Chalford: The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 978-0-7524-0751-7
- Shannon, Paul; Hillmer, John (2003). British Railways Past and Present, Manchester and South Lancashire No 41. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85895-197-3.
- Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6
- Sweeney, Dennis J (2014). The St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85361-292-6.
External links
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Buildings |
- Astley Green Colliery Museum
- Bedford Hall, Leigh
- Billinge Hospital
- Bispham Hall
- Damhouse, Astley
- Garrett Hall
- Haigh Hall
- Leigh Spinners
- Leigh Town Hall
- Mather Lane Mill
- May Mill
- Morleys Hall, Astley
- Museum of Wigan Life
- Wigan Town Hall
- Trencherfield Mill
- Wigan Pier
- Winstanley Hall
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Places of worship |
- All Saints' Church, Wigan
- Chowbent Chapel
- Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield
- Christ Church, Pennington
- St David's Church, Haigh
- St George's Church, Tyldesley
- St James and St Thomas, Poolstock
- St John's Church, Wigan
- St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton
- St John the Divine's Church, Pemberton
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh
- St Jude's Church, Wigan
- St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh
- St Mary's Church, Wigan
- St Matthew's Church, Wigan
- St Michael and All Angels' Church, Howe Bridge
- Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith
- St Peter's Church, Hindley
- St Peter's Church, Westleigh
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hindsford
- St Stephen's Church, Astley
- St Stephen's Church, Whelley
- St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- St Wifrid's Church, Standish
- Tyldesley Top Chapel
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Education |
- St John Rigby College, Wigan
- University Technical College Wigan
- Wigan and Leigh College
- Winstanley College
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Transportation | |
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Shopping complexes |
- The Galleries
- Grand Arcade
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Sport and Entertainment | |
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Others |
- Mab's Cross
- Mesnes Park
- Wigan Pier
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Demolished | |
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Lists |
- List of schools in Wigan
- List of mills in Wigan
- List of collieries in Lancashire since 1854
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Listed buildings in |
- Abram
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Aspull
- Astley
- Atherton
- Billinge and Winstanley
- Golborne
- Haigh
- Hindley
- Ince
- Leigh
- Orrell
- Shevington
- Standish
- Tyldesley
- Wigan
- Worthington
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