Rainford railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Rainford

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locale = Rainford Junction
borough = St Helens
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Rainford railway station is situated in the village of Rainford Junction, Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.

History

It was built in 1858 as Rainford Junction at the junction of the Liverpool and Bury Railway, the East Lancashire Railway's Skelmersdale Branch and the St. Helens Railway, replacing an earlier station (1848) called Rainford. Services on the line to St Helens were withdrawn on 18 June 1951 and to Ormskirk on 5 November 1956 [Marshall, p.156] , although goods traffic survived on both until the early 1960s.

ervices

Trains operate to Kirkby (for connections to Liverpool) in one direction and to Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate in the other, usually every 60 minutes (Monday to Saturday). Many trains continue beyond Manchester to Rochdale.

There is no evening or Sunday service.

Notes

References

* Marshall, J. (1981) "Forgotten Railways North-West England", David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6

* Butt, R.V.J. (1995) "Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Yeovil. ISBN 1 85260 508 1

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