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Former railway station in England

Red Rock
Former Red Rock railway station
General information
LocationRed Rock, Standish, Wigan
England
Coordinates53°35′05″N 2°37′47″W / 53.5847°N 2.6296°W / 53.5847; -2.6296
Grid referenceSD 584 100
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyJoint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869Opened
26 September 1949Closed to passengers
2 September 1957Closed to freight traffic
Lancashire
Union Railway
Legend
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly
to Accrington
Blackburn
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly
to Bolton
Mill Hill
Cherry Tree
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly
to Preston
Feniscowles
Withnell
Brinscall
ROF Heapey
Heapey
Heapey Bleachworks
North Union Railway
to Preston
Chorley
Rawlinson Bridge
Ellerbeck Colliery
North Union Railway
to Bolton
White Bear
Red Rock
North Union Railway
to Preston
Boar's Head
Whelley
Wigan
Amberswood
North Union Railway
to Warrington
Bryn
Garswood
Carr Mill
St Helens
London & North Western Rly
to Liverpool

Red Rock railway station stood in Red Rock, a hamlet between Standish and Haigh, originally in Lancashire now within Greater Manchester, England. The railway station was on the Lancashire Union Railway line that ran from Blackburn via Chorley to Wigan before eventually joining the St Helens Railway.

The former down waiting room at the station was owned and used by the residents of Haigh Hall from the station's inception until the 1940s. The station buildings and goods yard now form part of a private residence.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
White Bear
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Lancashire Union Railway
  Boar's Head
Line and station closed
    Whelley
Line and station closed

References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 359. OCLC 931112387.
  2. "Red Rock". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/. ordnance survey. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. Red Rock Station, Disused Stations, retrieved 7 January 2011

External links

Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester
Bolton
Bury
Manchester
(city centre in italics)
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan


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