Euxton railway station (London and North Western Railway)

This article is about the railway station opened by the North Union Railway in 1838. For other uses, see Euxton railway station (disambiguation).

Euxton
General information
Location	Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°40′04″N2°40′25″W / 53.6678°N 2.6736°W / 53.6678; -2.6736
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
31 October 1838 (1838-10-31)	Opened
2 September 1895	Closed
Location Euxton Location in Chorley Borough, Lancashire Show map of the Borough of Chorley Euxton Location in Lancashire, England Show map of Lancashire

v t e North Union Railway
Legend
1834 – 1889
Lancaster & Preston Jn Rly to Lancaster Maxwell House ( closed 1844 ) Preston Preston Butler Street (ELR) Victoria Quay goods Preston Fishergate Hill (WLR) River Ribble West Lancashire Railway to Southport East Lancashire Railway to Liverpool Farrington (renamed Farington) Blackburn & Preston Rly to Blackburn Golden Hill (renamed Leyland) Euxton junction Lancashire Union Railway to Blackburn Euxton (NUR) Euxton (B&PR) Coppull Chorley Rawlinson Bridge Standish Lane (renamed Standish) Adlington White Bear Blackrod Red Rock Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Horwich and Horwich Works Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Hindley Boar's Head Liverpool and Bury Railway to Hindley Lancashire Union Railway to Hindley Lostock Junction Bolton Trinity Street Manchester, Bolton & Bury Rly to Salford Wigan Wigan Goods Springs branch Liverpool and Bury Railway to Liverpool Lancashire Union Railway to Hindley Ince Moss Junction London & North Western Rly to Manchester Lancashire Union Railway to St Helens Bamfurlong Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancs Rly to St Helens Central Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancs Rly to Lowton St Mary's Golborne LNWR Winwick cut-off (opened 1864) Preston Junction (renamed Lowton) Liverpool & Manchester Rly to Manchester Parkside (second) Liverpool & Manchester Rly to Liverpool Parkside (original) London & North Western Rly to Warrington
North Union Railway and predecessor: Bolton and Preston Railway Other lines (not all shown): Great Central Railway predecessors: Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and predecessors: Blackburn and Preston Railway East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859) West Lancashire Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway predecessors: Liverpool and Bury Railway Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway London and North Western Railway and predecessors: Lancashire Union Railway Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Euxton was an early railway station serving Euxton in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

The station was opened on 31 October 1838 when the North Union Railway opened its line from Wigan to Preston. ^[1]

The station was located to the north of Euxton where Know Lane crossed the railway, between Know House and the Bay Tree Inn. The station comprised a single platform with a station house to the east side of the railway. ^[2] By 1894 there were two buildings on the east side of the line, platforms on both sides of the railway with some smaller structures on the north-bound platform. There did not appear to be any goods facilities. ^{[3] [4]}

The station closed on 2 September 1895. ^[1] The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) replaced Euxton with a new station, Balshaw Lane and Euxton, opening on the same day located 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) south of the original Euxton station. The NUR was absorbed by two larger companies in 1889, the section from Parkside to Euxton became part of the L&NWR. ^{[1] [5]}

The line remains open between Preston and Wigan, however nothing remains of the station.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Coppull		North Union Railway		Leyland

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 185.
2. Lancashire Sheet LXXVII (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1849.
3. Lancashire LXXVII.2 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
4. Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 113.
5. Grant 2017, p. 418.

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
• Oliver, Henry; Airey, John (1894). Hand-book and Appendix of Stations, Junctions, Sidings, Collieries, &c., on the Railways in United Kingdom.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

Further reading

• Gairns, J.F. (May 1926). "Notable Railway Stations and their Traffic: Preston L.M.S.R." (PDF). Railway Magazine (347): 337–346.