Newchurch Halt railway station

Newchurch Halt was a railway station on the former Wigan Junction Railways line between Glazebrook and Wigan Central.[2]

Newchurch Halt
Location
Place	Culcheth
Area	Warrington
Coordinates	53.4471°N 2.5117°W / 53.4471; -2.5117
Grid reference	SJ660946
Operations
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2[1]
History
1 February 1943 (1943-02-01)	Station opened
2 November 1964	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

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

The station opened on 1 February 1943, to serve nearby military establishments: a Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley, and a Royal Navy training camp.[3] A single-track private railway left the Wigan line just to the East of Newchurch Halt, and ran South, across a manned Level Crossing at Silver Lane and eventually into the Royal Ordnance Factory.[4]

The station closed on 2 November 1964, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wigan line.[4][5]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Culcheth Line and station closed		London and North Eastern Railway Wigan Junction Railways		Glazebrook Line closed, station open
				Padgate Line closed, station open

References

1. Sweeney 2014, p. 118.
2. British Railway Atlas 1955. Britain's Railways. Shepperton: Ian Allan. November 2000. p. 45, section C3. ISBN 978-0-7110-2726-8. 0011/C2.
3. Sweeney 2013, pp. 20–22.
4. Wright, Paul (20 April 2010). "Newchurch Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
5. Butt 1995, p. 169.

Sources

• 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.
• Sweeney, Dennis J (2014). The St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85361-292-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Sweeney, Dennis J (2013). The Wigan Junction Railways. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-09550030-5-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• The station's history via Disused Stations UK
• Newchurch Halt Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
• The station and line overlain on many maps in Rail Map Online
• The station and line WJN in Railway Codes