Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway

Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
Overview
Status	closed
Locale	North West England
Technical
Track gauge	Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend St Helens Central St Helens Central St Helens and Haydock Runcorn Gap Railway Ashton-in- Makerfield Haydock Park Golborne West Coast Main Line Golborne North Wigan Junction Railways Lowton St. Marys Liverpool to Kenyon Junction Manchester Lines Culcheth Liverpool to Newchurch Halt Manchester Lines Glazebrook

Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancashire Railway, was formed in 1889, but no services ran until 1895 and then only freight. Passenger services did not start until 1900. The original intention was to connect to the Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line at Fazakerley junction, to form a routes to Huskisson Dock and Southport. The line closed in 1968.

The line ran from St Helens Central railway station to Lowton St. Marys railway station after which the route was via the Wigan Junction Railways.

It incorporated the St Helens & Wigan Junction Railway which had been formed in 1855. It was taken over by the Great Central Railway in 1906.

External links

• http://www.railwayancestors.fsnet.co.uk/research.html
• http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/l/lowton_st_marys/index.shtml
• http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/st.helens_central/index.shtml