Longton Bridge railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Longton Bridge was a railway station on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the village of Longton.

History

The station opened as Longton on 18 May 1882 as the temporary terminus of the West Lancashire Railway when it opened the section of line from Template:Rws.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

The station became a through station when the section of line to Template:Rws opened on 16 September 1882. It was renamed to Longton Bridge on 1 January 1892.Template:Sfn

The station was located on an embankment at the southern edge of Longton to the east of the road running south (now Liverpool Road). The line was double track and platforms were provided on both sides. The main station building, "built in the company's typical red brick style" was to the north of the running lines, there was a signal box at the end of the Preston bound platform.Template:Sfn There was a small goods yard to the north and east of the station able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock, it was equipped with single line shed and a one-ton crane.Template:Sfn

Early services

Upon opening a service of nine trains in each direction was advertised for each weekday, an additional train on Saturdays for the market and four trains each way on Sundays.

Takeover

The railway company had financial difficulties which led to it being absorbed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) on 1 July 1897.Template:Sfn The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) on 1 January 1922 just one year before being grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on 1 January 1923.Template:Sfn

Later services

In 1922 the L&NWR service had increased to 18 trains stopping here from Template:Rws mainly going to Template:Rws, otherwise one went to Template:Rws and one to Template:Rws. There were an extra three trains on Saturdays and the Accrington train carried on to Template:Rws. The services in the other direction were similar, there were five services each way on Sundays.Template:Sfn

By 1939 the LMS service was 22 trains each way on weekdays (all to or from Preston, except one to Todmorden, one to Accrington (except on Saturdays) and one to East Lancashire) with three additional services on Saturdays, there were 9 trains each way on Sundays.Template:Sfn

By January 1962, the London Midland Region of British Railways were operating 11 trains each way, with three to six additional services on Saturdays. There were no trains on Sundays.Template:Sfn

Closure

The station closed to passengers and goods on 7 September 1964 a casualty of the programme of closures advocated by the Beeching Report.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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References

Bibliography

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External links

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