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Gerards Bridge railway station

Coordinates: 53°27′45″N 2°43′51″W / 53.462481°N 2.730809°W / 53.462481; -2.730809
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Gerards Bridge
General information
LocationSt Helens, St Helens
England
Coordinates53°27′45″N 2°43′51″W / 53.462481°N 2.730809°W / 53.462481; -2.730809
Grid referenceSJ516965
PlatformsTwo
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySt Helens Canal and Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 February 1858 (1858-02-01)Opened
1 August 1905 (1905-08-01)Closed

Gerards Bridge railway station was on the St Helens to Rainford Junction[1] then Ormskirk line immediately north of Haresfinch Road in St Helens, England.[2] It opened on 3 February 1858 and closed on 1 August 1905. Remnants of the line through the station survive, leading to Pilkington's Cowley Hill site, though in September 2015 the tracks were out of use.

Services

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The December 1895 timetable showed six "Down" trains to Rainford Junction and five "Up" to St Helens Monday-to-Friday, with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays.No trains called at Gerards Bridge on Sundays.[3]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Helens Central
Line closed, station open
  London and North Western Railway
St Helens Canal and Railway
  Moss Bank
Line and station closed

References

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Sources

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  • Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 0 7524 0751 1
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