Speke railway station

Former railway station in England

53°21′12″N 2°51′07″W / 53.35342°N 2.85181°W / 53.35342; -2.85181Grid referenceSJ434844Platforms4[1][2]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companySt Helens RailwayPre-groupingLNWRPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey datesSeptember 1852Opened22 September 1930Closed
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
St Helens Central
(original GCR station)
St Helens Central
Peasley Cross
Hays Chemicals
Sutton Oak
Robins Lane Halt
St Helens Junction
Clock Face
Union Bank Farm Halt
Farnworth & Bold
Appleton
Ann Street Halt
Warrington Arpley
Warrington Bank Quay
High Level│Low Level
Whitecross
Sankey Bridges
Fidlers Ferry & Penketh
Fiddlers Ferry power station
Cuerdley
Tanhouse Lane
Widnes Central
Up arrowDown arrow
Cheshire Lines Committee
(Liverpool–Manchester)
Hough Green
Widnes South
Runcorn Gap
(second)
Runcorn Gap
(first)
Widnes Dock
Ditton Mill
Ditton Junction
Halebank
Speke
1864 extension
to Liverpool
Church Road Garston
Garston Container terminal
Garston Dock
Liverpool South Parkway
Allerton
West Allerton
Mossley Hill
Sefton Park
Wavertree
Edge Hill
Liverpool Lime Street
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Speke railway station was located on East side of Woodend Avenue on the southeastern edge of Liverpool, England.

History

The station opened in September 1852 and closed on 22 September 1930.[3]

By 1938 no trace of the platforms could be seen.[4]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Church Road Garston   St Helens Railway   Hale Bank
Allerton   St Helens Railway  

References

  1. ^ Gell 1985.
  2. ^ Paul 1997, pp. 9 & 10.
  3. ^ The station's history Disused Stations
  4. ^ Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 246.

General references

  • Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980), Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, ISBN 978-0-900857-19-5
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday. ISBN 978-0-947562-03-8.
  • Paul, David (1997). The Archive Photo Series Around Speke. Chalford: Chalford. ISBN 978-0-7524-0798-2.

External links

  • The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
  • The station on a 25" Edwardian OS Map National Library of Scotland
  • The station on line WJL2, with mileages Railway Codes
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Closed railway stations in Merseyside
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Cheshire Lines Committee
Chester and
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South Lancashire Railway
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Liverpool Railway
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Runcorn Gap Railway
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