Index
- St Helens to Widnes Home
- 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
St Helens 1st
(1833 - 1849)
The St Helens 1st station was the northern passenger terminus of the St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway (SH&RGR) between St Helens and Widnes
In September 1833 the SH&RGR hired two coaches from the Liverpool & Manchester at £1 0s 0d per coach per week. They used them to introduce a passenger service between St Helens and Runcorn Gap (Widnes) by attaching them to goods trains. A passenger station was created by this time although it is likely to have been very basic. It was located at the southern end of Peasley Cross Lane. A map from the 1850s (drawn after it was closed) shows a small building equipped with a weighing machine
Journeys between St Helens and Runcorn Gap were very slow due to the line having 2 inclined planes, 1 at Sutton and the other a mile to the north of Runcorn Gap
The merger of the canal and railway companies put both on a stronger financial footing and plans were soon drawn up for making the original line double track and easing of the inclined planes so that locomotives could work throughout the line. One of the authorised improvements was the provision of a new St Helens station closer to the town centre, so the origianl station closed on December 18 1849
The original station continued to be used by goods services and it was still present in the 1850s but by the 1890s there had been an expansion in the number of sidings, and the station site had been lost under them
In September 1833 the SH&RGR hired two coaches from the Liverpool & Manchester at £1 0s 0d per coach per week. They used them to introduce a passenger service between St Helens and Runcorn Gap (Widnes) by attaching them to goods trains. A passenger station was created by this time although it is likely to have been very basic. It was located at the southern end of Peasley Cross Lane. A map from the 1850s (drawn after it was closed) shows a small building equipped with a weighing machine
Journeys between St Helens and Runcorn Gap were very slow due to the line having 2 inclined planes, 1 at Sutton and the other a mile to the north of Runcorn Gap
The merger of the canal and railway companies put both on a stronger financial footing and plans were soon drawn up for making the original line double track and easing of the inclined planes so that locomotives could work throughout the line. One of the authorised improvements was the provision of a new St Helens station closer to the town centre, so the origianl station closed on December 18 1849
The original station continued to be used by goods services and it was still present in the 1850s but by the 1890s there had been an expansion in the number of sidings, and the station site had been lost under them
