Culcheth railway station
| Culcheth | |
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Site of the station in 1996
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| Location | |
| Place | Culcheth |
| Area | Warrington |
| Coordinates | 53°27′00″N 2°31′49″W / 53.4499°N 2.5303°WCoordinates: 53°27′00″N 2°31′49″W / 53.4499°N 2.5303°W |
| Grid reference | SJ648949 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Wigan Junction Railways |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 April 1884 | Station opened |
| 2 November 1964 | Station closed to passengers |
| 4 January 1965 | Station closed completely |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Culcheth railway station served the village of Culcheth, then in Lancashire, later in Cheshire, England. It was situated immediately west of the bridge whereby Wigshaw Lane crossed the railway.
Culcheth station opened on 1 April 1884 along with six other stations on the Wigan Junction Railways (WJR), which was backed by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR).
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 to the Great Central Railway (GCR). The GCR absorbed the WJR on 1 January 1906.
The WJR line ran through Lancashire from Glazebrook West Junction to Wigan Centralbut was also a part of the bigger MS&LR/GCR network and therefore trains were originally provided by the MS&LR.
In April 1884 there were seven trains in each direction per day, all running between Manchester Central railway station and Wigan Central. Of these six called at Culcheth. Two trains each way ran on Sundays, calling at all stations en route.
From 1900 until 1952 Culcheth was also served by passenger trains running to St Helens Central,.
In 1922 six "Down" (towards St Helens and Wigan) trains called at the station, "Weekdays Only" (Mondays to Saturdays.) These all ran All Stations from Manchester Central to St Helens via Glazebrook and Culcheth. It is difficult to be certain from the timetable whether these trains split at Lowton St Mary's with a portion proceeding to Wigan Central, or whether passengers for Wigan had to change, but in either event those same six trains also took Culcheth passengers All Stations to Wigan. Given the dwell times for St Helens trains, it appears that theirs was a through service.
A lone All Stations Manchester to Wigan train - 18:42 from Culcheth - had no St Helens connection or portion, serving the Wigan Central line only.
Three Down trains, one Fridays and Saturdays only and two Saturdays only, appeared to start at Culcheth calling All Stations to Wigan Central, with no St Helens portion or connection. It may be that these trains originated at Liverpool Central, turning West to North at the triangular Glazebrook West Junction, but the timetable doesn't seem to confirm this.
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