Storeton railway station

Storeton railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, between Barnston and Storeton, England.

Storeton
View to the former location of the southbound platform of Storeton station
General information
LocationStoreton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
England
Coordinates53.3494°N 3.0671°W / 53.3494; -3.0671
Grid referenceSJ291842
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Wales and Liverpool Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1896Opened
1900Renamed Storeton for Barnston
1933Renamed Storeton
1951Closed to passengers
1964Closed

History

Originally named Barnston, it opened on 18 May 1896 on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway.[1] The station was renamed as Storeton for Barnston on 1 May 1900, and simply as Storeton in 1933.[1] The station closed to passengers on 3 December 1951[2] and finally closed on 3 February 1964.[1] The station had a 23-lever signal box, south of the road bridge, which operated the lines to the adjacent goods yard and was used until 2 July 1965.[3][4]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Heswall   Great Central Railway
North Wales and Liverpool Railway		   Upton

References
  1. "Station Name: STORETON". Disused stations. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. Daniels & Dench 1980
  3. Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXXI
  4. Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 92

Sources
  • Daniels, Gerald; Dench, L. A. (1980). Passengers No More. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 9780711009516. OCLC 16551162.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.

Further reading
  • Merseyside Railway History Group (1994). Railway Stations of Wirral. Prenton: Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey. ISBN 1-899241-02-7. OCLC 500124599.


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