Halebank railway station

Halebank
Location
Place	Hale
Area	Knowsley
Coordinates	53°21′22″N 2°47′51″W / 53.3561°N 2.7975°WCoordinates: 53°21′22″N 2°47′51″W / 53.3561°N 2.7975°W
Grid reference	SJ470846
Operations
Original company	St Helens Canal and Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	4
History
1 July 1852	Opened as Halewood
3 October 1874	Renamed Halebank for Hale
May 1895	Renamed Halebank
1 January 1917	Closed
5 May 1919	Reopened
15 September 1958	Closed
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St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway
Legend
Liverpool and Bury Railway Rainford Junction Skelmersdale Branch Liverpool and Bury Railway Rainford Village Rookery Old Mill Lane Crank Halt Moss Bank Pilkington Glass Gerards Bridge Liverpool to Wigan Line to Wigan North Western St Helens Central (original GCR station) St Helens Central Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway Liverpool to Wigan Line to Liverpool Lime Street Peasley Cross Hays Chemicals Sutton Oak Robins Lane Halt Liverpool and Manchester Railway to Manchester Victoria St Helens Junction Liverpool and 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 Birkenhead Railway Warrington Bank Quay High Level • Low Level Chester to Manchester Line Whitecross Sankey Bridges Fidlers Ferry & Penketh Fiddlers Ferry power station Cuerdley Widnes Loop to Sankey Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Cheshire Lines Committee (Liverpool to Manchester) Hough Green Widnes South Runcorn Gap(2nd) Runcorn Gap(1st) swing bridge Widnes Dock Ditton Mill London and North Western Railway to Weaver Junction & Euston Runcorn Bridge Ditton Junction Halebank Speke 1864 extension to Liverpool Church Road Garston Garston Container terminal Garston Dock Garston and Liverpool Railway to Hunts Cross Hunts Cross chord Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Central Allerton West Allerton Mossley Hill Sefton Park Wavertree Liverpool and Manchester Railway Edge Hill Liverpool Lime Street

Halebank railway station was a railway station between Liverpool and Widnes, England.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1852 as Halewood and was renamed Halebank for Hale on 3 October 1874.^[1] The line through the station was quadrupled in 1891.^[2] The station name was simplified to Halebank in May 1895. The station was temporarily closed between 1 January 1917 and 5 May 1919. It was closed permanently on 15 September 1958.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Speke Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway St Helens Canal and Railway		Ditton Junction Line open, station closed

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Hale Bank railway station at Disused Stations