Red Rock railway station

Red Rock
Former Red Rock railway station
General information
Location	Red Rock, Standish, Wigan England
Coordinates	53°35′05″N 2°37′47″W / 53.5847°N 2.6296°W / 53.5847; -2.6296
Grid reference	SD 584 100
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Joint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869	Opened
26 September 1949[1]	Closed to passengers
2 September 1957	Closed to freight traffic

v t e Lancashire Union Railway
Legend
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Accrington Blackburn Bolton Mill Hill Cherry Tree Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Preston Feniscowles Withnell Brinscall ROF Heapey Heapey Heapey Bleachworks North Union Railway to Preston Chorley Rawlinson Bridge Ellerbeck Colliery Bolton White Bear Red Rock North Union Railway to Preston Boar's Head Whelley Wigan Amberswood Warrington Bryn Garswood Carr Mill St Helens Liverpool

Red Rock railway station stood in

The former down waiting room at the station was owned and used by the residents of Haigh Hall from the station's inception until the 1940s.^[3] The station buildings and goods yard now form part of a private residence.

References

External links

• the station and local lines Rail Map Online
• The station on a navigable late 1940s OS map npe Maps
• The station on navigable old OS maps, with modern satellite overlay National Library of Scotland
• The station, line and mileages Railway Codes

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