Golborne South railway station

Golborne South
Location
Place	Golborne
Area	Wigan
Coordinates	53°28′42″N 2°35′42″W / 53.478425°N 2.595052°WCoordinates: 53°28′42″N 2°35′42″W / 53.478425°N 2.595052°W
Grid reference	SJ606981
Operations
Original company	North Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
by 13 October 1839	Station opened as "Golbourne Gate"
1839-50	Station became known as "Golborne"
1 February 1949	Renamed "Golborne South"
2 February 1961	Station closed to passengers
22 May 1967	Station closed completely[1]
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Wigan Central Wigan Darlington Street Springs Branch Ince Lower Ince Hindley Southport to M'cr Pemberton, avoiding Wigan Springs Branch Jct "The Whelley Loop" (Lancashire Union Rly) Strangeways West Jct Hindley South Strangeways East Jct Platt Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly Bickershaw and Abram Park Lane Halt West Leigh and Bedford St Helens Central (GCR) St Helens Central Liverpool to Wigan Line Haydock Haydock Colliery Tunnel Ashton-in-Makerfield Haydock Park Golborne South WCML Golborne North LSH&SLR WJR Lowton St Mary's Jct Lowton St Mary's Kenyon Junction Chat Moss Line Culcheth Newchurch Halt Glazebrook Liverpool-M'cr CLC

Golborne South railway station was a substantial, brick-built station was on the West Coast Main Line.^[2] It stood immediately south of the A573 bridge over the line in the centre of the village of Golborne.^[3][4][5]

History

Opened by the North Union Railway, it became part of the London and North Western Railway, passing to the LMSR during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Services

In 1922 ten "Down" (northbound) services called at Golborne South on Mondays to Saturdays and one train on a Sunday. Most were local services, with a Saturdays Only "Parliamentary", calling at most stations in a five and a half journey from Crewe to Carlisle. The "Up" service was similar.^[6]

After closure

Following the dismantling of Golborne South railway station, the only remaining evidence of it was the track alignment and bricked in apertures in a road overpass.^[7]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bamfurlong Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway North Union Railway		Lowton Line open, station closed
				Warrington Bank Quay Line and station open

References

1. The station via Disused Stations UK
2. The station via Wigan World
3. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45
4. Station and line CGJ5 via railwaycodes
5. The station on a 1948 OS Map via npe Maps
6. Bradshaw 1986, pp. 412–3
7. The station via Disused Stations UK

Sources

• Bradshaw (1986), Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide (reprint), Guild Publishing London
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6

External links

• Golborne South via Disused Stations UK
• Station and line CGJ5 via railwaycodes
• The station on a 1948 OS Map via npe Maps