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Warrington Arpley
(1854 - 1868 1871 - 1958)
Warrington Arpley Station was opened on May 1 1854 as a joint station between the Warrington and Stockport Railway and the St Helens Railway (formerly the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway) who both opened lines into Warrington in 1853. The St Helens Railway arrived in the town at a temporary terminus at Whitecross on February 1 1853 with a line from Garston Dock
On May 1 1854 the two lines were joined together at a new joint station Warrington Arpley which also served as the headquarters of the Warrington and Stockport Railway. The station had a grand façade and overall roof but only ever had two platforms, although four tracks passed through it
In 1868 the LNWR lifted the elevation of their Newton to Birmingham line so that it crossed the former St. Helens Railway Garston line on a bridge. They built a new station on two levels with platforms serving both lines. This new station was called Warrington Bank Quay and it was less than half a mile away from Arpley. The LNWR did not want two stations on the same line this close so they closed Arpley on November 16 1868. This decision was met with storms of protest from the citizens of the town as Arpley was closer to the town centre. The LNWR closure decision was challenged legally and they were forced with bad grace to reopen the station on October 2 1871
Warrington Arpley Station closed to passengers for the second and final time on September 4 1958 and the station was demolished in 1960. Regular passenger services on the line continued for a few more years calling at the nearby Bank Quay station until 1962
The Arpley location was always a busy area for Goods and remains so to this day although the line to the east, the original Warrington and Stockport Railway is now truncated at Latchford. By the 1980's expensive repairs were needed to the bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford and many trains could take alternative routes. The line closed east of Latchford with the last booked trains running on July 7 1985
Today the site of Arpley Station is lost under areas of sidings and its approach road is now a car park
On May 1 1854 the two lines were joined together at a new joint station Warrington Arpley which also served as the headquarters of the Warrington and Stockport Railway. The station had a grand façade and overall roof but only ever had two platforms, although four tracks passed through it
In 1868 the LNWR lifted the elevation of their Newton to Birmingham line so that it crossed the former St. Helens Railway Garston line on a bridge. They built a new station on two levels with platforms serving both lines. This new station was called Warrington Bank Quay and it was less than half a mile away from Arpley. The LNWR did not want two stations on the same line this close so they closed Arpley on November 16 1868. This decision was met with storms of protest from the citizens of the town as Arpley was closer to the town centre. The LNWR closure decision was challenged legally and they were forced with bad grace to reopen the station on October 2 1871
Warrington Arpley Station closed to passengers for the second and final time on September 4 1958 and the station was demolished in 1960. Regular passenger services on the line continued for a few more years calling at the nearby Bank Quay station until 1962
The Arpley location was always a busy area for Goods and remains so to this day although the line to the east, the original Warrington and Stockport Railway is now truncated at Latchford. By the 1980's expensive repairs were needed to the bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford and many trains could take alternative routes. The line closed east of Latchford with the last booked trains running on July 7 1985
Today the site of Arpley Station is lost under areas of sidings and its approach road is now a car park
