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Former railway station in England

Gerards Bridge
General information
LocationSt Helens, St Helens
England
Coordinates53°27′45″N 2°43′51″W / 53.462481°N 2.730809°W / 53.462481; -2.730809
Grid referenceSJ516965
PlatformsTwo
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySt Helens Canal and Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 February 1858 (1858-02-01)Opened
1 August 1905 (1905-08-01)Closed
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
Right arrow
Liverpool–Wigan line
to Wigan North Western
St Helens Central
(original GCR station)
St Helens Central
Down arrow
Liverpool, St Helens &
South Lancashire Railway
LowerLeft arrow
Liverpool–Wigan line
to Liverpool Lime Street
Peasley Cross
Hays Chemicals
Sutton Oak
UpperRight arrow
Liverpool & Manchester Railway
to Manchester Victoria
Robins Lane Halt
St Helens Junction
Down arrow
Liverpool & Manchester Railway
to Liverpool Lime Street
Clock Face
Union Bank Farm Halt
Farnworth & Bold
Appleton
Ann Street Halt
Up arrow
Warrington and
Stockport Railway
Vladivar Vodka distillery
Warrington Arpley
Right arrow
Chester–Warrington line
to Chester
Warrington Bank Quay
High Level│Low Level
UpperLeft arrowLowerRight arrow West Coast Main Line
Whitecross
Sankey Bridges
Fidlers Ferry & Penketh
Fiddlers Ferry power station
Cuerdley
Up arrow
Widnes loop
to Sankey
Tanhouse Lane
Widnes Central
Up arrowDown arrow
Cheshire Lines Committee
(Liverpool–Manchester)
Hough Green
Widnes South
Runcorn Gap (second)
Runcorn Gap (first)
swing bridge
Widnes Dock
Ditton Mill
UpperRight arrow
Weaver Junction–Liverpool line
to Weaver Junction & Euston
Runcorn Bridge
Ditton Junction
Halebank
Speke
1864 extension
to Liverpool
Church Road Garston
Garston Container terminal
Garston Dock
Left arrow
Garston and Liverpool Railway
to Hunts Cross
Hunts Cross chord
Liverpool South Parkway
LowerRight arrow to Liverpool Central
West Allerton
Mossley Hill
Sefton Park
Wavertree
Up arrow Liverpool & Manchester Railway
Edge Hill
Liverpool Lime Street
This diagram:

Gerards Bridge railway station was on the St Helens to Rainford Junction then Ormskirk line immediately north of Haresfinch Road in St Helens, England. It opened on 3 February 1858 and closed on 1 August 1905. Remnants of the line through the station survive, leading to Pilkington's Cowley Hill site, though in September 2015 the tracks were out of use.

Services

The December 1895 timetable showed six "Down" trains to Rainford Junction and five "Up" to St Helens Monday-to-Friday, with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays.No trains called at Gerards Bridge on Sundays.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Helens Central
Line closed, station open
  London and North Western Railway
St Helens Canal and Railway
  Moss Bank
Line and station closed

References

  1. Engineers' Line Reference & mileages via railwaycodes
  2. Pixton 1996, p. 102
  3. 1895 Timetable via Disused Stations UK

Sources

  • Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 0 7524 0751 1

External links

Closed railway stations in Merseyside
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Cheshire Lines Committee
Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
East Lancashire Railway
Lancashire Union Railway
Liverpool and
Manchester Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport Railway
Liverpool Overhead Railway
Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction Railway
Liverpool, St Helens and
South Lancashire Railway
Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board
North Mersey Branch
North Wales and
Liverpool Railway
St Helens and
Runcorn Gap Railway
West Lancashire Railway
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