Hesketh Bank railway station

Hesketh Bank railway station

Hesketh Bank railway station was on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the village of Hesketh Bank.

The station was adjacent to a swing bridge over the River Douglas. A short goods line branched from here along the west bank of the river to Tarleton Lock, at the end of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

External links

* [http://www.heskethbank.com/history/photos/railway.html Hesketh Bank Railway Station & Bridge Photographs] accessed 5 March 2007.

rail line
next=Hoole
towards Preston
previous=Hundred End
towards Southport
route=West Lancashire Railway
col=964B00

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