Warrington Dallam Lane railway station (site)

Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 28 Jan 2020

Opened in 1831 by the Warrington and Newton Railway, later part of the Grand Junction Railway and then the London & North Western Railway, this was one of the earliest railway stations in the country. It was the terminus of a short branch line from Newton Junction (now Earlestown) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It closed to passengers in 1837 when it was replaced by the first Bank Quay station (see Image) but continued as a coal yard until the 1960s. The course of the line north of here can still be made out on maps today. View south east towards the buffers. The line ran from bottom-left of the image, across Tanners Lane and down the side of the building, curving slightly around the back of it to the buffers, where to modern buildings now are. The 1831 station building became the ‘Three Pigeons’ pub. For more information, see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/warrington_dallam_lane/index.shtml

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