Burton Point railway station

Burton Point railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, at Burton, Cheshire, England. The station opened on 1 August 1899[1] on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway.[2] The station closed to passengers, and completely, on 5 December 1955.[1][2] Although the platform waiting rooms and footbridge were demolished after closure, the yellow and redbrick main building[3][4] remains in use as part of a garden centre and the platforms are still in existence.[2] The line through the former station remains in use as part of the Borderlands Line.[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sealand Rifle Range Halt		Great Central Railway North Wales and Liverpool Railway		Neston

Burton Point
Burton Point railway station in 1961, six years after closure
Location	Burton, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53.2634°N 3.0459°W
Grid reference	SJ303745
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Wales and Liverpool Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1899	Opened[1]
5 December 1955	Closed[1]

References

1. Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXVIII
2. "Station Name: BURTON POINT". Disused stations. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
3. Merseyside Railway History Group 1994, p. 62
4. Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 82

Sources

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