Halebank railway station

Halebank
General information
Location	Halewood, Knowsley England
Coordinates	53°21′22″N2°47′51″W / 53.3561°N 2.7975°W / 53.3561; -2.7975
Grid reference	SJ470846
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	St Helens Canal and Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1852 (1852-07-01)	Opened as Halewood
3 October 1874	Renamed Halebank for Hale
May 1895	Renamed Halebank
1 January 1917	Closed
5 May 1919	Reopened
15 September 1958 (1958-09-15)	Closed
Location

St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway
Legend
Liverpool & Bury Railway Rainford Junction Skelmersdale branch Liverpool & Bury Railway Rainford Village Rookery Old Mill Lane Crank Halt Moss Bank Pilkington Gerards Bridge Liverpool–Wigan line to Wigan North Western St Helens Central (original GCR station) St Helens Central Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancashire Railway Liverpool–Wigan line to Liverpool Lime Street Peasley Cross Hays Chemicals Sutton Oak Liverpool & Manchester Railway to Manchester Victoria Robins Lane Halt St Helens Junction Liverpool & Manchester Railway to Liverpool Lime Street Clock Face Union Bank Farm Halt Farnworth & Bold Appleton Ann Street Halt Warrington and Stockport Railway Vladivar Vodka distillery Warrington Arpley Chester–Warrington line to Chester Warrington Bank Quay High Level│Low Level West Coast Main Line Whitecross Sankey Bridges Fidlers Ferry & Penketh Fiddlers Ferry power station Cuerdley Widnes loop to Sankey Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Cheshire Lines Committee (Liverpool–Manchester) Hough Green Widnes South Runcorn Gap (second) Runcorn Gap (first) swing bridge Widnes Dock Ditton Mill 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 Cheshire Lines Committee Hunts Cross chord Liverpool South Parkway Garston and Liverpool Railway to Liverpool Central West Allerton Mossley Hill Sefton Park Wavertree Liverpool & Manchester Railway Edge Hill Liverpool Lime Street
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Halebank railway station was a railway station between Liverpool and Widnes, England.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1852 as Halewood and was renamed Halebank for Hale on 3 October 1874. ^[1] The line through the station was quadrupled in 1891. ^[2] The station name was simplified to Halebank in May 1895. The station was temporarily closed between 1 January 1917 and 5 May 1919. It was closed permanently on 15 September 1958. ^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Speke Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway St Helens Canal and Railway		Ditton Junction Line open, station closed

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 112. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Hale Bank railway station at Disused Stations