New Cut Lane Halt railway station

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New Cut Lane Halt
General information
Location West Lancashire
England
Coordinates 53°35′48″N2°58′00″W / 53.5966°N 2.9667°W / 53.5966; -2.9667
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish
Key dates
July 1906Halt opened
26 September 1938Halt closed to passengers [1]
21 January 1952Line closed completely
Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction railway
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Southport Central
until 1901
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Southport Ash Street
until 1902
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Southport
Chapel Street
(MSR)
from 1901
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St Luke's
from 1902
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Meols Cop
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Blowick
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Butts Lane Halt
from 1907
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Kew Gardens
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Heathey Lane Halt
from 1907
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Shirdley Hill
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New Cut Lane Halt
from 1906
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Halsall
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Plex Moss Lane Halt
from 1906
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Barton
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Altcar and Hillhouse
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New Cut Lane Halt was a railway station between Shirdley Hill and Halsall in Lancashire. The station opened in July 1906 as a halt on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, and consisted of simple cinder based platforms at track level. It was situated to the south of the roadbridge on New Cut Lane, to which it was connected by wooden steps. The station closed to passengers on 26 September 1938 [2] and the tracks were lifted shortly after the line closed in 1952.

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References

  1. Butt 1995, p. 186.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 311. OCLC   931112387.

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Shirdley Hill   Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
Barton Branch
  Halsall