Storeton railway station

Storeton railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, between Barnston and Storeton, England.

Storeton
Location
PlaceStoreton
AreaMetropolitan Borough of Wirral
Coordinates53.3494°N 3.0671°W / 53.3494; -3.0671
Grid referenceSJ291842
Operations
Original companyNorth Wales and Liverpool Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms2
History
1896Opened
1900Renamed Storeton for Barnston
1933Renamed Storeton
1951Closed to passengers
1964Closed
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

History

Originally named Barnston, it opened on 18 May 1896 on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway.[1] The station was renamed as Storeton for Barnston on 1 May 1900, and simply as Storeton in 1933.[1] The station closed to passengers on 3 December 1951[2] and finally closed on 3 February 1964.[1] The station had a 23-lever signal box, south of the road bridge, which operated the lines to the adjacent goods yard and was used until 2 July 1965.[3][4]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Heswall   Great Central Railway
North Wales and Liverpool Railway		   Upton
gollark: I can get most things but:* silvers* golds* dinos* chickenseventually.
gollark: Well, I got a copper, that's something.
gollark: Hmm.
gollark: Are most of the golds/silvers between or at 5min drops?
gollark: I think the way it works is that you either have no slots and good stuff or slots and not so good stuff.

References
  1. "Station Name: STORETON". Disused stations. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. Daniels & Dench 1980
  3. Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXXI
  4. Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 92

Sources
  • Daniels, Gerald; Dench, L. A. (1980). Passengers No More. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 9780711009516. OCLC 16551162.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
  • Merseyside Railway History Group (1994). Railway Stations of Wirral. Prenton: Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey. ISBN 1-899241-02-7. OCLC 500124599.


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