Heathey Lane Halt railway station

Heathey Lane Halt was a railway station in the village of Scarisbrick, Lancashire. The station opened on 1 March 1907 as a halt on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level. It was situated to the north of the B5243 road bridge at Heathey Lane, to which it was connected by wooden steps. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938, though the line remained open for goods traffic until 21 January 1952. The track was left in place until 1964 for the storage of excursion stock.

Heathey Lane Halt
The site of Heathey Lane Halt in 2009
LocationWest Lancashire
England
Coordinates53.6181°N 2.9720°W / 53.6181; -2.9720
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish
Key dates
1 March 1907[1]opened
26 September 1938closed to passengers[2]
Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction railway
 Southport Central
until 1901
 Southport Ash Street
until 1902
Southport
Chapel Street
(MSR)
from 1901
Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Rly
St Luke's
from 1902
West Lancashire Railway
 Meols Cop
 Blowick
 Butts Lane Halt
from 1907
Manchester and Southport Rly
 Kew Gardens
 Heathey Lane Halt
from 1907
 Shirdley Hill
 New Cut Lane Halt
from 1906
 Halsall
 Plex Moss Lane Halt
from 1906
 Barton
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly
 Altcar and Hillhouse
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extn Rly

References
  1. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/heathley_lane_halt/index.shtml
  2. Butt 1995, p. 186.

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 0-947562-04-4.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kew Gardens   Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Barton Branch		   Shirdley Hill


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