Red Rock railway station

Red Rock
Former Red Rock railway station
General information
Location	Red Rock, Standish, Wigan England
Coordinates	53°35′05″N2°37′47″W / 53.5847°N 2.6296°W / 53.5847; -2.6296
Grid reference	SD 584 100
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Joint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869	Opened
26 September 1949 [1]	Closed to passengers
2 September 1957	Closed to freight traffic
Location

v t e Lancashire Union Railway
Legend
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Accrington Blackburn Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Bolton Mill Hill Cherry Tree Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Preston Feniscowles Withnell Brinscall ROF Heapey Heapey Heapey Bleachworks North Union Railway to Preston Chorley Rawlinson Bridge Ellerbeck Colliery North Union Railway to Bolton White Bear Red Rock North Union Railway to Preston Boar's Head Whelley Wigan Amberswood North Union Railway to Warrington Bryn Garswood Carr Mill St Helens London & North Western Rly to Liverpool

Red Rock railway station stood in Red Rock, a hamlet between Standish and Haigh, ^[2] originally in Lancashire now within Greater Manchester, England. The railway station was on the Lancashire Union Railway line that ran from Blackburn via Chorley to Wigan before eventually joining the St Helens Railway.

The former down waiting room at the station was owned and used by the residents of Haigh Hall from the station's inception until the 1940s. ^[3] The station buildings and goods yard now form part of a private residence.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
White Bear Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Lancashire Union Railway		Boar's Head Line and station closed
				Whelley Line and station closed

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 359. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Red Rock". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/. ordnance survey . Retrieved 20 January 2020.
3. Red Rock Station, Disused Stations, retrieved 7 January 2011

External links

• the station and local lines Rail Map Online
• The station on a navigable late 1940s OS map npe Maps
• The station on navigable old OS maps, with modern satellite overlay National Library of Scotland
• The station, line and mileages Railway Codes