Golborne South railway station

Golborne South
General information
Location	Wigan
Coordinates	53.478425°N 2.595052°W / 53.478425; -2.595052
Platforms	2
History
Original company	North Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
by 13 October 1839	Station opened as "Golbourne Gate"
1839-50	Station became known as "Golborne"
1 February 1949	Renamed "Golborne South"
2 February 1961	Station closed to passengers
22 May 1967	Station closed completely

GCR lines to St Helens and Wigan
Wigan Central Wigan Darlington Street Springs Branch Manchester–Southport line Ince Lower Ince Wigan avoiding line to Pemberton Hindley to Springs Branch Junction Manchester–Southport line Lancashire Union Railway Lancashire Union Railway "The Whelley Loop" Strangeways West Junction Hindley South Strangeways East Junction Platt Bridge Manchester and Wigan Railway St Helens Central (GCR) St Helens Central Liverpool–Wigan line Haydock Haydock Colliery Tunnel Bickershaw and Abram Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock Park Park Lane Halt Golborne South West Coast Main Line Golborne North West Leigh and Bedford Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway Wigan Junction Railways Lowton St Mary's Junction Lowton St Mary's Chat Moss line Kenyon Junction Culcheth Newchurch Halt Liverpool–Manchester lines Glazebrook

Golborne South railway station, earlier known as Golbourne Gate and then Golborne, was a substantial, brick-built station was on the West Coast Main Line. It stood immediately south of the A573 bridge over the line in the centre of the village of Golborne.

History

Opened by the North Union Railway, it became part of the London and North Western Railway, passing to the LMSR during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Services

In 1922 ten "Down" (northbound) services called at Golborne South on Mondays to Saturdays and one train on a Sunday. Most were local services, with a Saturdays Only "Parliamentary", calling at most stations in a five and a half journey from Crewe to Carlisle. The "Up" service was similar.

After closure

Following the dismantling of Golborne South railway station, the only remaining evidence of it was the track alignment and bricked in apertures in a road overpass.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bamfurlong Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway North Union Railway		Lowton Line open, station closed
				Warrington Bank Quay Line and station open

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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6 {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• Both Golborne stations on an Edwardian 25" OS map National Library of Scotland