Index
- St Helens to Widnes Home
- St Helens Central
- St Helens 3rd
- St Helens 2nd
- St Helens 1st
- Peasley Cross
- Sutton Oak
- Clock Face
- Union Bank Farm Halt
- Farnworth and Bold
- Appleton
- Ann Street Halt
- Runcorn Gap
- Widnes formerly Runcorn Gap
Ann Street Halt
(1911 - 1951)
Ann Street Halt was situated on the Widnes to St Helens line which had opened in 1833. The small halt was opened on the November 1 1911 to facilitate a new Railmotor Service which the LNWR introduced between Ditton Junction and St Helens Shaw Street
The halt was probably a simple wooden structure and no pictures of the station exist. It was located to the south of Ann Street level crossing underneath the Great Central and Midland Joint Railway's Widnes Branch which passed over the Widnes to St Helens line at this point
The Railmotor Service which used a steam railcar was replaced after a short time by LNWR locomotives with up to 4 coaches although by the 1940s 2 coaches were more common. The train service became known as the Ditton Dodger by local people. The Widnes to St Helens line had always been more important for goods services and despite local opposition Ann Street Halt closed on June 18 1951
Trains continued to pass through the site of the station until April 1982 but they ran only as far as Widnes No1 Signalbox before reversing along a chord to Tanhouse Lane. The line through Ann Street was lifted shortly after the last trains ran. Today the station site lies buried underneath Watkinson Way
The halt was probably a simple wooden structure and no pictures of the station exist. It was located to the south of Ann Street level crossing underneath the Great Central and Midland Joint Railway's Widnes Branch which passed over the Widnes to St Helens line at this point
The Railmotor Service which used a steam railcar was replaced after a short time by LNWR locomotives with up to 4 coaches although by the 1940s 2 coaches were more common. The train service became known as the Ditton Dodger by local people. The Widnes to St Helens line had always been more important for goods services and despite local opposition Ann Street Halt closed on June 18 1951
Trains continued to pass through the site of the station until April 1982 but they ran only as far as Widnes No1 Signalbox before reversing along a chord to Tanhouse Lane. The line through Ann Street was lifted shortly after the last trains ran. Today the station site lies buried underneath Watkinson Way
