Index
- Ditton to Skelton Home
- Ditton
- Widnes South
- Cuerdley
- Fiddlers Ferry
- Sankey Bridges
- Warrington Bank Quay
- Warrington Arpley
- Latchford 1st
- Latchford 2nd
- Thelwall
- Lymm
- Heatley & Warburton
- Dunham Massey
- Broadheath
Warrington Bank Quay (Low level)
(1868 - 1965)
Warrington Bank Quay Low Level was located west of the junction of Parker Street and Wilson Patten Street. The St. Helens Railway arrived in the town at a temporary terminus at Whitecross on February 1 1853 with a line from Garston Dock
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. In order to best serve both lines they built a new station, Warrington Bank Quay on two levels with platforms serving both lines. This new station was called Warrington Bank Quay. The platforms on the Garston line were numbered 5, 6 and 7. The first two where through platforms whilst number 7 was a bay platform facing towards Manchester. Very early on platforms 5, 6 and 7 became known as Bank Quay Low Level but interestingly the name was not the stations official title with 'Low Level' used solely for identification purposes
Although some longer distance trains served Warrington Bank Quay (Low Level) the majority were local services. By the 1950's services had settled into a routine which saw services from Liverpool Lime Street to Warrington Bank Quay and services from Bank Quay to Manchester Oxford Road
Regular passenger services on the line finished on September 10 1962 but a York Mail train continued to serve the Low Level platforms until July 14 1965 after which the Low Level station closed. It was demolished and no trace now remains
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. In order to best serve both lines they built a new station, Warrington Bank Quay on two levels with platforms serving both lines. This new station was called Warrington Bank Quay. The platforms on the Garston line were numbered 5, 6 and 7. The first two where through platforms whilst number 7 was a bay platform facing towards Manchester. Very early on platforms 5, 6 and 7 became known as Bank Quay Low Level but interestingly the name was not the stations official title with 'Low Level' used solely for identification purposes
Although some longer distance trains served Warrington Bank Quay (Low Level) the majority were local services. By the 1950's services had settled into a routine which saw services from Liverpool Lime Street to Warrington Bank Quay and services from Bank Quay to Manchester Oxford Road
Regular passenger services on the line finished on September 10 1962 but a York Mail train continued to serve the Low Level platforms until July 14 1965 after which the Low Level station closed. It was demolished and no trace now remains
