Storeton Railway Station
Storeton railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, between Barnston and Storeton, England.
History
Originally named Barnston, it opened on 18 May 1896 on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. The station was renamed as Storeton for Barnston on 1 May 1900, and simply as Storeton in 1933. The station closed to passengers on 3 December 1951 and finally closed on 3 February 1964. 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.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heswall | Great Central Railway North Wales and Liverpool Railway |
Upton |
References
- ^ "Station Name: STORETON". Disused stations. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ Daniels & Dench 1980
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXXI
- ^ 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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