Storeton railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, between Barnston and Storeton, England.
Storeton | |
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![]() View to the former location of the southbound platform of Storeton station | |
General information | |
Location | Storeton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral England |
Coordinates | 53.3494°N 3.0671°W / 53.3494; -3.0671 |
Grid reference | SJ291842 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Wales and Liverpool Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1896 | Opened |
1900 | Renamed Storeton for Barnston |
1933 | Renamed Storeton |
1951 | Closed to passengers |
1964 | Closed |
Originally named Barnston, it opened on 18 May 1896 on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway.[1] The station was renamed as Storeton for Barnston on 1 May 1900, and simply as Storeton in 1933.[1] The station closed to passengers on 3 December 1951[2] and finally closed on 3 February 1964.[1] The station had a 23-lever signal box, south of the road bridge, which operated the lines to the adjacent goods yard and was used until 2 July 1965.[3][4]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Heswall | Great Central Railway North Wales and Liverpool Railway |
Upton |
Closed railway stations in Merseyside | ||
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Birkenhead Railway |
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Canada Dock Branch |
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Cheshire Lines Committee |
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Chester and Birkenhead Railway |
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Lancashire Union Railway | ||
Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
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Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway |
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Liverpool Overhead Railway |
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Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway |
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Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway |
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Manchester and Southport Railway | ||
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board | ||
North Mersey Branch |
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North Wales and Liverpool Railway | ||
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway |
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West Lancashire Railway |
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Wirral Railway | ||
Other |
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