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
Parkside 1st
(1830 - 1839)
The L&M railway line opened in September 1830 but Parkside 1st didn't appear in the company timetable until March 1 1831. It closed to passengers sometime in 1839 but remained open as a 'luggage station'
When the line opened Parkside was chosen as a location for watering facilities because it was located about an equal distance between Liverpool and Manchester
It was at Parkside during the lines opening ceremony that the MP William Huskisson was killed by a train hauled by 'The Rocket' as he had alighted from his train and had walked down the track to speak to the Duke of Wellington who was traveling on another train
The Huskisson Memorial was erected close to the location of the accident
New branch lines to Wigan, Birmingham and Preston were conected to the L&M line and the station became too small to cope with the extra business
All of this development which added to the importance of Parkside led to the LMR the GJR and the Northern Union Railway (NUR) to build a new station at Parkside 2nd which opened in 1839 and the original Parkside 1st station closed
The station site was demolished except for the Huskisson Memorial which can still be seen beside the side of the track
When the line opened Parkside was chosen as a location for watering facilities because it was located about an equal distance between Liverpool and Manchester
It was at Parkside during the lines opening ceremony that the MP William Huskisson was killed by a train hauled by 'The Rocket' as he had alighted from his train and had walked down the track to speak to the Duke of Wellington who was traveling on another train
The Huskisson Memorial was erected close to the location of the accident
New branch lines to Wigan, Birmingham and Preston were conected to the L&M line and the station became too small to cope with the extra business
All of this development which added to the importance of Parkside led to the LMR the GJR and the Northern Union Railway (NUR) to build a new station at Parkside 2nd which opened in 1839 and the original Parkside 1st station closed
The station site was demolished except for the Huskisson Memorial which can still be seen beside the side of the track
