Moore railway station

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Moore railway station was a station on the Grand Junction Railway, serving Runcorn in North-West England.

It opened in 1837, [1] :61 closing to passengers in 1943, and then completely in the early 1950s. No substantive remains exist today. [2] There is now a small water-fill station. A water park named "The Station" has also been added.

The station was just south of Moore Excavation, a cutting almost one and a half miles in length. [3]

Moore Railway Station March 2019 Moore Railway Station.jpg
Moore Railway Station March 2019

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References

  1. Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN   0903485257.
  2. Wright, Paul. "Disused Stations: Moore Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. Arthur Freeling (1837), The Grand Junction Railway Companion to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham , p. 37, Wikidata   Q106779240
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Preston Brook   London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway
  Warrington Bank Quay

Coordinates: 53°21′13″N2°38′22″W / 53.3537°N 2.6395°W / 53.3537; -2.6395