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- Warrington Bank Quay
- Warrington Arpley
Garston Dock
(1852 - 1947)
Garston Dock station was the western terminus of the St Helens Canal & Railway Company (SHC&RC) Garston and Warrington railway which opened on July 1 1852 and a passenger station was provided at Garston Dock
The line was double-track, and Garston Dock was provided with two platforms. The station building was on the Warrington direction platform, a modest, square brick-built structure with a hipped roof. Passengers walked through the station building to reach the up platform which, in 1852, would have been used for departures
The down platform had a single-storey pent-roofed brick building and a canopy; in 1852 it would have been the arrival platform. A brick arched gateway at the north-west end of the station gave access to Dock Road. To move between the platforms passengers used the Dock Road level crossing
The goods facilities developed into an extensive facility that had a goods shed, a coal depot and numerous sidings
Passenger trains departed alternately for St Helens or Warrington; the same was true for arrivals.. On February 1 1858 through services were run between Garston and London Kings Cross by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). 2 trains per day in each direction were provided, and onward travel to Liverpool was by river using a paddle steamer or by horse-drawn omnibus
By December 1895 Garston Dock had 13 departures and arrivals on weekdays
Garston Dock was closed as a wartime economy measure on April 5 1917 and it did not reopen until May 5 1919. By July 1922 the service had decreased to 8 trains in each direction on weekdays with only 6 departures on Saturdays
Finally, LMS withdrew the service completely on June 1 1947, and Garston Dock closed as a passenger station
The line was double-track, and Garston Dock was provided with two platforms. The station building was on the Warrington direction platform, a modest, square brick-built structure with a hipped roof. Passengers walked through the station building to reach the up platform which, in 1852, would have been used for departures
The down platform had a single-storey pent-roofed brick building and a canopy; in 1852 it would have been the arrival platform. A brick arched gateway at the north-west end of the station gave access to Dock Road. To move between the platforms passengers used the Dock Road level crossing
The goods facilities developed into an extensive facility that had a goods shed, a coal depot and numerous sidings
Passenger trains departed alternately for St Helens or Warrington; the same was true for arrivals.. On February 1 1858 through services were run between Garston and London Kings Cross by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). 2 trains per day in each direction were provided, and onward travel to Liverpool was by river using a paddle steamer or by horse-drawn omnibus
By December 1895 Garston Dock had 13 departures and arrivals on weekdays
Garston Dock was closed as a wartime economy measure on April 5 1917 and it did not reopen until May 5 1919. By July 1922 the service had decreased to 8 trains in each direction on weekdays with only 6 departures on Saturdays
Finally, LMS withdrew the service completely on June 1 1947, and Garston Dock closed as a passenger station
