Speke railway station

Speke Railway Station
General information
Location	Speke, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°21′12″N2°51′07″W / 53.35342°N 2.85181°W / 53.35342; -2.85181
Grid reference	SJ434844
Platforms	4 [1] [2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	St Helens Railway
Pre-grouping	LNWR
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
September 1852	Opened
22 September 1930	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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Speke railway station was located on East side of Woodend Avenue on the southeastern edge of Liverpool, England.

History

The station opened in September 1852 and closed on 22 September 1930. ^[3]

By 1938 no trace of the platforms could be seen. ^[4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Church Road Garston		St Helens Railway		Halebank
Allerton		St Helens Railway

References

1. Gell 1985.
2. Paul 1997, pp. 9 & 10.
3. The station's history Disused Stations
4. Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 246.

General references

• Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980), Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, ISBN   978-0-900857-19-5
• Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday. ISBN   978-0-947562-03-8.
• Paul, David (1997). The Archive Photo Series Around Speke. Chalford: Chalford. ISBN   978-0-7524-0798-2.

External links

• The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
• The station on a 25" Edwardian OS Map National Library of Scotland
• The station on line WJL2, with mileages Railway Codes