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Wilson Patten Street, WARRINGTON, WA1 1LL

On the low level at Warrington. Behind is Warrington Bank Quay station on the West Coast mainline from Euston to Glasgow. Another coal train can be seen standing at the station in the background.

Opened in 1868 on the London & North Western Railway's line from Garston to Warrington Arpley, this station closed in 1965. View east over the site of the platforms towards Arpley and Manchester. These were adjacent but at right angles to the main station at Bank Quay (behind the camera position), which is still open. For more information, see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/warrington_bank_quay_low_level/

Viewed from platform 1 at Bank Quay railway station.

Viewed from Warrington Bank Quay railway station. The sandstone building was erected in 1899-1900, Grade II listed in 1975.

Viewed from Warrington Bank Quay station.

On Wilson Patten Street. For an alternative view, please see Image

25189 passes a short row of terraced houses on the Timperley line to Altrincham with a train of empty container wagons. Behind is Warrington Bank Quay station with a local diesel multiple unit waiting in the platform. Beyond the station is the Persil plant. The Timperley line was truncated to form a headshunt for Arpley Sidings in the 80s and some of its former route is now part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. The building on the right of the picture is Arpley Street police station and court, on the corner of Arpley Street and Wilson Patten Street. It was designed by the architect R. Burns Dick of Cackett and Burns Dick of Newcastle and cost £30,000. It was opened on 11 October 1901, replacing the old bridewell in Irlam Street (source G. A. Carter Warrington and the Mid Mersey Valley 1971 p73). Information regarding the Police station kindly supplied by Pauline Eccles who obtained the full story from Librarian Peter Rogerson of Warrington Borough Council.

Warrington's rather grand central police station, on the corner of Arpley Street (right) and Wilson Patten Street.

40019 about to pass under Warrington Bank Quay station with a mixed freight. The first three wagons are Presflo's - bulk powder carriers,initially used for cement. The class 40's were initially built for express passenger use but were demoted as lighter and more powerful types became available. They provided many years of sterling service on heavy freight trains and were particularly synonymous with the northwest of England. From the pink on the embankments it looks like the Rosebay Willowherb was growing well in 1981.