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(Redirected from Hale Bank railway station) Disused railway station in Merseyside, UK

Halebank
General information
LocationHalewood, Knowsley
England
Coordinates53°21′22″N 2°47′51″W / 53.3561°N 2.7975°W / 53.3561; -2.7975
Grid referenceSJ470846
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySt Helens Canal and Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1852 (1852-07-01)Opened as Halewood
3 October 1874Renamed Halebank for Hale
May 1895Renamed Halebank
1 January 1917Closed
5 May 1919Reopened
15 September 1958 (1958-09-15)Closed
St Helens &
Runcorn Gap Railway
Legend
UpperRight arrow Liverpool & Bury Railway
Rainford Junction
Left arrow Skelmersdale branch
LowerLeft arrow Liverpool & Bury Railway
Rainford Village
Rookery
Old Mill Lane
Crank Halt
Moss Bank
Pilkington
Gerards Bridge
Right arrow
Liverpool–Wigan line
to Wigan North Western
St Helens Central
(original GCR station)
St Helens Central
Down arrow
Liverpool, St Helens &
South Lancashire Railway
LowerLeft arrow
Liverpool–Wigan line
to Liverpool Lime Street
Peasley Cross
Hays Chemicals
Sutton Oak
UpperRight arrow
Liverpool & Manchester Railway
to Manchester Victoria
Robins Lane Halt
St Helens Junction
Down arrow
Liverpool & Manchester Railway
to Liverpool Lime Street
Clock Face
Union Bank Farm Halt
Farnworth & Bold
Appleton
Ann Street Halt
Up arrow
Warrington and
Stockport Railway
Vladivar Vodka distillery
Warrington Arpley
Right arrow
Chester–Warrington line
to Chester
Warrington Bank Quay
High Level│Low Level
UpperLeft arrowLowerRight arrow West Coast Main Line
Whitecross
Sankey Bridges
Fidlers Ferry & Penketh
Fiddlers Ferry power station
Cuerdley
Up arrow
Widnes loop
to Sankey
Tanhouse Lane
Widnes Central
Up arrowDown arrow
Cheshire Lines Committee
(Liverpool–Manchester)
Hough Green
Widnes South
Runcorn Gap (second)
Runcorn Gap (first)
swing bridge
Widnes Dock
Ditton Mill
UpperRight arrow
Weaver Junction–Liverpool line
to Weaver Junction & Euston
Runcorn Bridge
Ditton Junction
Halebank
Speke
1864 extension
to Liverpool
Church Road Garston
Garston Container terminal
Garston Dock
Left arrow
Garston and Liverpool Railway
to Hunts Cross
Hunts Cross chord
Liverpool South Parkway
LowerRight arrow to Liverpool Central
West Allerton
Mossley Hill
Sefton Park
Wavertree
Up arrow Liverpool & Manchester Railway
Edge Hill
Liverpool Lime Street
This diagram:

Halebank railway station was a railway station between Liverpool and Widnes, England.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1852 as Halewood and was renamed Halebank for Hale on 3 October 1874. The line through the station was quadrupled in 1891. The station name was simplified to Halebank in May 1895. The station was temporarily closed between 1 January 1917 and 5 May 1919. It was closed permanently on 15 September 1958.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Speke
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
St Helens Canal and Railway
  Ditton Junction
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Hale Bank railway station at Disused Stations
Closed railway stations in Merseyside
Birkenhead Railway







Canada Dock Branch
Cheshire Lines Committee
Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
East Lancashire Railway
Lancashire Union Railway
Liverpool and
Manchester Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport Railway
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction Railway
Liverpool, St Helens and
South Lancashire Railway
Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board
North Mersey Branch
North Wales and
Liverpool Railway
St Helens and
Runcorn Gap Railway
West Lancashire Railway
Wirral Railway
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