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Haydock
(1900 - 1952)
Haydock Station which opened on January 3 1900 was situated on the Lowton St Marys – St Helens branch of the Great Central Railway (GCR)
The booking hall and office were located on the south side and it had a single-storey brick building with a slate roof. The platform was constructed with a brick face backfilled with cinders, and a simple brick waiting room was provided. The up platform was constructed in the same way and also had a waiting room built in the same style as that on the down platform
Haydock was provided with a goods siding which branched off the main line west of the station and ran behind the down platform.
There were six trains in each direction from Haydock. All of the westbound services went to St Helens Central, five of the eastbound trains went to Manchester Central and one terminated at Lowton St Marys
The Haydock area had a number of collieries and the coal traffic generated by them was lucrative to the GCR. Passenger traffic, however, never lived up to expectations. For local journeys, Haydock station faced direct competition from trams of the St Helens Corporation which passed right by the entrance
The LNER summer timetable for 1947 showed only four up and four down services on Monday to Fridayand on Saturday there was one less down service. No trains ran on Sunday
With such a poor level of passenger service, it was not surprising that British Railways withdrew it from March 3 1952 and Haydock station was closed completely and the goods facilities at Haydock station also closed on the same day
The line through Haydock continued to be used by freight trains until it closed completely on January 4 1965. The track was lifted shortly after closure and in the 1970s the station site was developed as a residential area
The booking hall and office were located on the south side and it had a single-storey brick building with a slate roof. The platform was constructed with a brick face backfilled with cinders, and a simple brick waiting room was provided. The up platform was constructed in the same way and also had a waiting room built in the same style as that on the down platform
Haydock was provided with a goods siding which branched off the main line west of the station and ran behind the down platform.
There were six trains in each direction from Haydock. All of the westbound services went to St Helens Central, five of the eastbound trains went to Manchester Central and one terminated at Lowton St Marys
The Haydock area had a number of collieries and the coal traffic generated by them was lucrative to the GCR. Passenger traffic, however, never lived up to expectations. For local journeys, Haydock station faced direct competition from trams of the St Helens Corporation which passed right by the entrance
The LNER summer timetable for 1947 showed only four up and four down services on Monday to Fridayand on Saturday there was one less down service. No trains ran on Sunday
With such a poor level of passenger service, it was not surprising that British Railways withdrew it from March 3 1952 and Haydock station was closed completely and the goods facilities at Haydock station also closed on the same day
The line through Haydock continued to be used by freight trains until it closed completely on January 4 1965. The track was lifted shortly after closure and in the 1970s the station site was developed as a residential area
