Huyton Quarry railway station

According to Butt Huyton Quarry railway station opened in 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,[1] but Holt suggests it was originally known as the "station at the bottom of Whiston Incline" being renamed Huyton Quarry sometime after 1838.[2] Either way it was one of the earliest passenger railway stations in the world. The station closed on 15 September 1958.[1]

Huyton Quarry
LocationHuyton, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
England
Coordinates53.40953°N 2.69989°W / 53.40953; -2.69989
Grid referenceSJ454907
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLiverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-groupingLNWR
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1832Opened
1958Closed

In 2014, an electrical switching site was constructed in the vicinity as part of the Manchester - Liverpool (via Earlestown) section of the NW electrification schemes.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Huyton   Liverpool and Manchester Railway   Whiston

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 126.
  2. Holt 1965, p. 22.

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.
  • Holt, G. O. (1965), A short history of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (Second ed.), The Railway and Canal Historical Society


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