Bamfurlong railway station

Bamfurlong
Location
Place Bamfurlong
Area Wigan
Coordinates 53°30′34″N 2°36′17″W / 53.509377°N 2.604660°W / 53.509377; -2.604660Coordinates: 53°30′34″N 2°36′17″W / 53.509377°N 2.604660°W / 53.509377; -2.604660
Grid reference SD600015
Operations
Original company North Union Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 April 1878 Station opened
27 November 1950 Station closed completely[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Bamfurlong railway station was a substantial, brick-built railway station on the West Coast Main Line, in the United Kingdom.[2] It stood immediately south of the A58 bridge over the line in the village of Bamfurlong.[3][4][5]

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, the station passed to the LMSR at the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Services

In 1922 ten "Down" (northbound) services called at Bamfurlong 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 Bamfurlong railway station, a platform remained for many years, increasingly overgrown. By 2015 the only remaining evidence was the track alignment.[7]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wigan North Western
Line and station open
  London and North Western Railway   Golborne South
Line open, station closed

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