Index
- Liverpool to Manchester (LMR)
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Wapping
- Liverpool Crown Street
- Edge Hill
- Wavertree Tech Park
- Broadgreen
- Roby
- Huyton
- Huyton Quarry
- Whiston
- Rainhill
- Lea Green
- St Helens Junction
- Collins Green
- Earlestown
- Newton-le_Willows
- Parkside 1st
- Parkside 2nd
- Kenyon Junction
- Glazebury
- Astley
- Flow Moss
- Lamb's Cottage
- Barton Moss 1st
- Barton Moss 2nd
- Patricroft
- Eccles
- Weaste
- Seedley
- Cross Lane
- Ordsall Lane
- Manchester Liverpool Road
- Manchester Exchange
- Manchester Victoria
Earlestown formerly Newton Junction
(1831 - )
The station lies on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was opened in September 1830. On July 25 1831 the Warrington and Newton Railway was opened for public use, making a junction at a point in the township of Newton, facing in the direction of Liverpool
The surviving Earlestown station buildings were constructed around 1835 on the original site, at the point of intersection of these two early railways, incidentally forming the first steam railway junction, which was given the name Newton Junction
The triangular track layout at Earlestown represents the oldest junction in the world between two passenger railways, in the form of the first "stationary turntable" ever constructed. Nearby on the line towards Liverpool is the Sankey Viaduct, the first mainline railway viaduct. It crosses the Sankey Canal, which is claimed to be the world's first purpose-built industrial waterway
The waiting room on the Liverpool-bound platform is the oldest station building in the world still in passenger service, although this is now limited to providing shelter from the rain under its canopy. The building is currently derelict, with tickets being sold in a more recent structure on the opposite side of the line
The ticket office is staffed for the duration of service here every day and there are digital information screens, timetable poster boards and automatic announcements providing train running information. All platforms have either shelters or canopies
The surviving Earlestown station buildings were constructed around 1835 on the original site, at the point of intersection of these two early railways, incidentally forming the first steam railway junction, which was given the name Newton Junction
The triangular track layout at Earlestown represents the oldest junction in the world between two passenger railways, in the form of the first "stationary turntable" ever constructed. Nearby on the line towards Liverpool is the Sankey Viaduct, the first mainline railway viaduct. It crosses the Sankey Canal, which is claimed to be the world's first purpose-built industrial waterway
The waiting room on the Liverpool-bound platform is the oldest station building in the world still in passenger service, although this is now limited to providing shelter from the rain under its canopy. The building is currently derelict, with tickets being sold in a more recent structure on the opposite side of the line
The ticket office is staffed for the duration of service here every day and there are digital information screens, timetable poster boards and automatic announcements providing train running information. All platforms have either shelters or canopies
