Golborne South railway station

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.[2] It stood immediately south of the A573 bridge over the line in the centre of the village of Golborne.[3][4][5]

Golborne South
Location
Place	Golborne
Area	Wigan
Coordinates	53.478425°N 2.595052°W / 53.478425; -2.595052
Grid reference	SJ606981
Operations
Original company	North Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
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[1]
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

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

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.[6]

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.[7]

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

1. The station via Disused Stations UK
2. The station via Wigan World
3. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45
4. Station and line CGJ5 via railwaycodes
5. The station on a 1948 OS Map via npe Maps
6. Bradshaw 1985, pp. 412–3
7. The station via Disused Stations UK

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.
• 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 978-0-7110-3695-6CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

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