Norton railway station was a station near Norton, a village to the east of Runcorn, Cheshire, England.[1][2] It was located just north of the 1.25 mile (2 km) Sutton Tunnel and was built as a result of the recommendations of a Board of Trade enquiry into a fatal accident in the tunnel the previous year.
Norton (Cheshire) | |
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,_Cheshire_(geograph_4339737).jpg) Site of the former station (2015) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Halton England |
| Coordinates | 53°19′46″N 2°39′50″W / 53.3295°N 2.6638°W |
| Grid reference | SJ559815 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Birkenhead Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | Birkenhead Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 18 December 1850 | Opened as Norton |
| 1926 | Renamed Norton (Cheshire) |
| 1 September 1952 | Closed |
It was opened by the Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Joint Railway company on 18 December 1850; originally named Norton, it was renamed Norton (Cheshire) in 1926; and it was closed to passenger traffic by the British Transport Commission on 1 September 1952.[3] Most of the station has since been demolished, but the old station house remains in use as a private dwelling and there is a signal box nearby that still bears this name. A new station, known as Runcorn East was opened a few metres south of the original site in October 1983 to serve the southern end of Runcorn new town.
References
edit- ^ Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Norton Station
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 174. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 75-76. ISBN 9781908174406. OCLC 910526793.
External links
edit| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Halton | Birkenhead Joint Railway | Daresbury | ||
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