Ann Street Halt railway station

Ann Street Halt railway station served the centre of Widnes in Cheshire, England. It was located on the southern section[1][2] of the former St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway.

Ann Street Halt
Location
Place	Widnes
Area	Halton
Coordinates	53.3610°N 2.7265°W / 53.3610; -2.7265
Grid reference	SJ517851
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 November 1911	Station opened
18 June 1951	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway
Liverpool and Bury Railway Rainford Junction Skelmersdale branch Liverpool and Bury Railway Rainford Village Rookery Old Mill Lane Crank Halt Moss Bank Pilkington Glass Gerards Bridge Liverpool–Wigan line to Wigan North Western St Helens Central (original GCR station) St Helens Central Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway Liverpool–Wigan line to Liverpool Lime Street Peasley Cross Hays Chemicals Sutton Oak Liverpool and Manchester Rly to Manchester Victoria Robins Lane Halt St Helens Junction Liverpool and Manchester Rly to Liverpool Lime Street Clock Face Union Bank Farm Halt Farnworth & Bold Appleton Ann Street Halt Warrington and Stockport Railway Vladivar Vodka distillery Warrington Arpley Birkenhead Railway Warrington Bank Quay High Level │ Low Level Chester–Manchester line Whitecross Sankey Bridges Fidlers Ferry & Penketh Fiddlers Ferry power station Cuerdley Widnes loop to Sankey Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Cheshire Lines Committee (Liverpool to Manchester) Hough Green Widnes South Runcorn Gap (second) Runcorn Gap (first) swing bridge Widnes Dock Ditton Mill London and North Western Rly to Weaver Junction & Euston Runcorn Bridge Ditton Junction Halebank Speke 1864 extension to Liverpool Church Road Garston Garston Container terminal Garston Dock Garston and Liverpool Railway to Hunts Cross Hunts Cross chord Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Central Allerton West Allerton Mossley Hill Sefton Park Wavertree Liverpool and Manchester Rly Edge Hill Liverpool Lime Street

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway as a railmotor halt, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by the British Transport Commission three years later.

The site today

The site is buried under road developments.

Services

In 1922 six "Down" (northbound) trains a day called at Ann Street Halt, 'One class only' (i.e. 3rd Class) and 'Week Days Only' (i.e. not Sundays). The "Up" service was similar. The trains' destinations were St Helens to the north and Ditton Junction to the south, with some travelling beyond to Runcorn or Liverpool Lime Street.[3]

In 1951 the service was sparser. Five trains called in each direction, Monday to Friday. On Saturdays three trains called in each direction, all were 3rd Class only. No trains called on Sundays.[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Appleton Line and station closed		St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway		Runcorn Gap to 1853 Line and station closed
		St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway		Runcorn Gap 1853-70 Line and station closed
		London and North Western Railway		Widnes South from 1870 Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Engineers' Line Reference SOM via railwaycodes
2. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45
3. Bradshaw 1985, p. 495
4. Pixton 1996, p. 86

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 and Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 0 7524 0751 1
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6

External links

• Ann Street at Disused Stations
• The station on a 1937-1961 Overlay OS Map via National Library of Scotland
• Station on 1948 OS map. The station is just north of multiple lines north of word "Widnes".
• an illustrated history of the line via 8D Association