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St Helens Central
(1900 - 1952)
The simple terminus station that was St Helens Central Station which opened on January 3 1900, was situated at the end of the branch line which left the Glazebrook to Wigan Central line at Lowton St Marys
The station was a simple single platform with a waiting shelter situated on top of an embankment. The ticket office was at street level. The line remained a minor branch line that was of far more use for goods as it linked to a number of collieries in the Lancashire coalfield. Passenger services were always secondary
It did not survive long into the period of nationalisation closing on January 3 1952
Today, the name St Helens Central lives on as the town's Shaw Street Station was renamed Central in the 1980s, long enough after the closure of the original Central to cause any confusion
The station was a simple single platform with a waiting shelter situated on top of an embankment. The ticket office was at street level. The line remained a minor branch line that was of far more use for goods as it linked to a number of collieries in the Lancashire coalfield. Passenger services were always secondary
It did not survive long into the period of nationalisation closing on January 3 1952
Today, the name St Helens Central lives on as the town's Shaw Street Station was renamed Central in the 1980s, long enough after the closure of the original Central to cause any confusion
