Moore railway station

Former railway station in England

53°21′13″N 2°38′23″W / 53.35367°N 2.63975°W / 53.35367; -2.63975Grid referenceSJ575842Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGrand Junction RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates4 July 1837 (1837-07-04)Opened1 January 1917Station closed1 February 1919Station reopened1 February 1943 (1943-02-01)Closed to passengers1952Closed to rail workers

Moore railway station was a station on the Grand Junction Railway serving the village of Moore in what was then Cheshire, England. It opened on 4 July 1837 when the line opened.[1][2]

The station is located in Moore cutting on the south side of the road (which is now Runcorn Road) which loops through Moore village passing both this station and Daresbury, also in the village. The road crossed the railway on an over-bridge, with road access down to the station building on the down, western, side of the tracks. In 1865 there was at least one platform at the station.[3][4]

By 1898 there was evidence of two platforms with a structure on each platform, there was footpath from the over-bridge to the up platform. Although there are no goods facilities recorded at the station in 1904 the map shows a siding with a headshunt into a building labelled Water Works.[5][6]

The station closed on 1 January 1917 as a temporary war measure and reopened on 1 February 1919 and finally closed to passengers on 1 February 1943, although it was in use by railwaymen until 1952.[2]

No substantive remains exist today.[7]

There is now a small water-fill station. A water park named "The Station" has also been added.[citation needed]

Moore Railway Station site - March 2019
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Preston Brook   London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway 		  Warrington Bank Quay

References

  1. ^ Osborne & Osborne 1838, p. 43.
  2. ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 323.
  3. ^ Cheshire Sheet XVI (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1882.
  4. ^ "The Storm, Warrington". Warrington Advertiser. 27 May 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Cheshire XVI.14 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1898.
  6. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 378.
  7. ^ Webster 1972, p. 88.

Bibliography

  • Osborne, E.C.; Osborne, W. (1838). Osborne's guide to the Grand Junction, or Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester Railway (2nd ed.). London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
  • Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  • Webster, Norman W. (1972). Britain's First Trunk Line:The Grand Junction Railway. Adams & Dart. SBN 239 00105 2.


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