Английская Википедия:Halton railway station (Lancashire)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Halton railway station served the village of Halton in Lancashire, England. It closed in 1966, but the station building and part of one platform survive beside the cycle path along the disused line.
In reference books the station is sometimes referred to as Halton (Lancs) to distinguish it from another Halton railway station in Cheshire (now also disused).
History
The station was opened on 17 November 1849 by the "little" North Western Railway.[1] It was linked to Halton village by a railway-owned narrow toll bridge across the River Lune. A rebuilt version of the bridge is still in use, free of charge.[2]
The original timber station was destroyed by fire on 3 April 1907. A spark from the engine of a passing Heysham–Шаблон:Stnlnk boat train set fire to a wagon of oil drums by the goods shed. The fire brigade were unable to cross the narrow bridge and it was left to a special trainload of railway workers from Lancaster to pass buckets of water from the river.[3] The station was rebuilt in brick and timber and the building survives to this day, used as storage by Lancaster University Rowing Club, with a public car park occupying the former track bed.[4]
The station closed on 3 January 1966,[1] along with the whole line between Шаблон:Stnlnk and Morecambe. No other station survives. Cyclists and walkers can travel along the former line in either direction. Beneath the trackbed, east of the station, can be heard running water that is extracted from the river to an underground pumping station in Quernmore Park.[5]
Notes
References
- Шаблон:Butt-Stations
- Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, Шаблон:ISBN
- Vinter, J. (1990), Railway Walks: LMS, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, Шаблон:ISBN
External links
- "Millennium Park Cycle Route & Walk", Leeds–Lancaster–Morecambe Railway website, accessed 19 December 2008
- "Disused Stations Site Record — Halton (near Lancaster)", accessed 19 December 2008
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