railroad.wikisort.org - StationWhitecross railway station was in the Whitecross area of Warrington, England. It was built and operated by the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway as a temporary terminus on its line pushing east from Widnes to join with the Warrington & Stockport Railway pushing west from Altrincham. Its exact location is open to debate, as no trace remains. Tolson cites the line's inspector, Captain Wynne, as giving the Whitecross to Arpley extension as the very precise 45.75 chains (0.920 km), but as the location of the Arpley datum point is unclear then the location of Whitecross station is also precisely unclear. Tolson concludes that the station was probably 'just east of Litton Mill Crossing'.[1][2] The map reference and co-ordinates used in the station data above are based on an interpretation of the map repeatedly used in the Disused Stations UK website, although that site does not include a prose section on Whitecross station.[3] The admirably frank 8D Association site concludes "The site of this station has been completely lost with the building works that have occurred in the area we do not believe any pictures exist or that the site of the station can be located."[4]
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Location | Warrington, Warrington, Cheshire England |
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Coordinates | 53.386728°N 2.610953°W / 53.386728; -2.610953 |
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Grid reference | SJ594880 |
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Platforms | 2 (Probably) |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway |
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1 February 1853 | Station opened as a temporary terminus |
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1 May 1854 | Station closed when the through line was opened |
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St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway |
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Liverpool & Bury Railway |
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Rainford Junction |
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Skelmersdale branch |
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Liverpool & Bury Railway |
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Rainford Village |
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Rookery |
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Old Mill Lane |
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Crank Halt |
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Moss Bank |
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Pilkington |
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Gerards Bridge |
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Liverpool–Wigan line | to Wigan North Western | |
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St Helens Central | (original GCR station) | |
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St Helens Central |
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Liverpool, St Helens & | South Lancashire Railway | |
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Liverpool–Wigan line | to Liverpool Lime Street | |
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Peasley Cross |
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Hays Chemicals |
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Sutton Oak |
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Liverpool & Manchester Railway | to Manchester Victoria | |
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Robins Lane Halt |
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St Helens Junction |
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Liverpool & Manchester Railway | to Liverpool Lime Street | |
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Clock Face |
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Union Bank Farm Halt |
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Farnworth & Bold |
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Appleton |
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Ann Street Halt |
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Warrington and | Stockport Railway | |
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Vladivar Vodka distillery |
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Warrington Arpley |
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Chester–Warrington line | to Chester | |
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Warrington Bank Quay | High Level│Low Level | |
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West Coast Main Line |
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Whitecross |
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Sankey Bridges |
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Fidlers Ferry & Penketh |
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Fiddlers Ferry power station |
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Cuerdley |
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Tanhouse Lane |
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Widnes Central |
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Cheshire Lines Committee | (Liverpool–Manchester) | |
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Hough Green |
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Widnes South |
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Runcorn Gap (second) |
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Runcorn Gap (first) |
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swing bridge |
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Widnes Dock |
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Ditton Mill |
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Weaver Junction–Liverpool line | to Weaver Junction & Euston | |
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Runcorn Bridge |
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Ditton Junction |
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Halebank |
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Speke |
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1864 extension | to Liverpool | |
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Church Road Garston |
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Garston Container terminal |
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Garston Dock |
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Garston and Liverpool Railway | to Hunts Cross | |
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Hunts Cross chord |
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Liverpool South Parkway |
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to Liverpool Central |
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Allerton |
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West Allerton |
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Mossley Hill |
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Sefton Park |
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Wavertree |
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Liverpool & Manchester Railway |
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Edge Hill |
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Liverpool Lime Street |
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The line through the station site continued in passenger use until 10 September 1962 when the Liverpool Lime St to Warrington via Widnes South service was withdrawn, though a lone late night Liverpool to York Postal continued to use the route until 9 September 1963, when it was diverted via Earlestown to reduce operating costs.[5] Warrington Bank Quay Low Level remained open until 14 June 1965[6] but it is unclear what traffic this served along the route after the Postal was diverted.
In 2015 the tracks through the station site remained heavily used, primarily by trains to and from Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, though a few other booked freights and occasional diversions used the line through to Ditton Junction.
Preceding station |
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Disused railways |
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Following station |
Terminus |
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St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway |
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Sankey Bridges Line open, station closed |
References
Sources
- Bridge, Mike, ed. (2013), Railway Track Diagrams Book 4 Midlands & North West, Trackmaps, Bradford on Avon, ISBN 978-0-9549866-7-4
- Tolson, J M (1983), The St Helens Railway, Its Rivals and Successors OL 64, The Oakwood Press, ISBN 0 85361 292 7
External links
Closed railway stations in Cheshire |
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St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway | |
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Birkenhead Railway |
- Daresbury
- Norton (Cheshire)
- Halton
- Dunham Hill
- Mickle Trafford
- Hadlow Road
- Neston South
- Parkgate
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Chester to Crewe |
- Waverton
- Tattenhall Road
- Beeston Castle and Tarporley
- Calveley
- Worleston
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Macclesfield to Marple |
- Bollington
- Higher Poynton
- Middlewood Higher
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Northwich to Sandbach |
- Billinge Green Halt
- Middlewich
- Cledford Bridge Halt
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Winsford and Over Branch Line |
- Whitegate
- Winsford and Over
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Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway |
- Waverton
- Tattenhall
- Broxton
- Malpas
- Grindley Brook Halt
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Sandbach to Kidsgrove |
- Wheelock and Sandbach
- Hassall Green
- Lawton
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Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway |
- Warrington Arpley
- Latchford
- Thelwall
- Lymm
- Heatley & Warburton
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Mid-Cheshire Line |
- Chester Northgate
- Mickle Trafford East
- Barrow for Tarvin
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Chester & Connah's Quay Railway |
- Chester Northgate
- Chester Liverpool Road
- Blacon
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Helsby to Mouldsworth Junction |
- Helsby and Alvanley
- Manley
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Nantwich to Market Drayton |
- Coole Pilate Halt
- Audlem
- Coxbank Halt
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Wirral Line |
- Upton-by-Chester
- Mollington
- Ledsham
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Other stations |
- Alsager Road
- Balderton
- Basford
- Betley Road
- Bosley
- Burton Point
- Collins Green
- Culcheth
- Ditton
- Gresty
- Macclesfield Hibel Road
- Minshull Vernon
- Moore
- Mow Cop and Scholar Green
- Newcastle Crossing
- Newchurch Halt
- North Rode
- Over and Wharton
- Preston Brook
- Radway Green and Barthomley
- Sutton Weaver
- Tanhouse Lane
- Widnes Central
- Willaston
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Cheshire portal |
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