Index
- St Helens to Ormskirk Home
- St Helens 3rd
- St Helens Central
- Gerards Bridge
- Moss Bank
- Crank Halt
- Old Mill Lane
- Rookery 1st
- Rookery 2nd
- Rainford Village
- Rainford Junction
- Heys Crossing Halt
- White Moss Halt
- Skelmersdale
- Westhead Halt
- Ormskirk
Rookery 2nd
(1865 - 1951)
The second Rookery station opened in June1865 and was on the St Helens to Rainford Junction line which had originally been opened on February 1 1858. The line formed part of a through route between St Helens and Ormskirk
When opened, Rookery was on a single-track line with a wooden platform and station building constructed to match the platforms and buildings at Moss Bank, Crank and Rainford Village stations
The 1869 timetable showed six trains each way per day on weekdays and three on Sunday. The LNWR doubled the line between Gerards Bridge Junction and Rainford Village in 1890 and Rookery's existing platform became the down one for St Helens, and a new brick up platform was built with a small waiting room. Access to both platforms was from the level crossing on Rookery Lane. A brick house was built to accommodate railway staff and it remains in use as a private dwelling
By 1909 the service had increased to 12 trains each way on weekdays with three on Sunday. This increased to 14 by 1914 but had dropped back to 12 by 1915 and the Sunday service had been discontinued by 1920
During the Second World War passenger services were reduced, and although they were increased after the war they did not return to the frequencies of the 1930s. The summer timetable for 1947 showed eight trains each way on Monday to Friday with three extra on Saturdays
In 1951 it was decided to withdraw the St Helens and Rainford Junction service and the last trains ran on June 18 1951. The wooden up platform and associated buildings were demolished in 1956 with a small brick cabin being provided for the crossing keeper. The brick-built up platform remained in place without its platform shelter
Goods facilities were not provided but goods trains, always more numerous than passenger services, continued to pass through Rookery until January 1967
When opened, Rookery was on a single-track line with a wooden platform and station building constructed to match the platforms and buildings at Moss Bank, Crank and Rainford Village stations
The 1869 timetable showed six trains each way per day on weekdays and three on Sunday. The LNWR doubled the line between Gerards Bridge Junction and Rainford Village in 1890 and Rookery's existing platform became the down one for St Helens, and a new brick up platform was built with a small waiting room. Access to both platforms was from the level crossing on Rookery Lane. A brick house was built to accommodate railway staff and it remains in use as a private dwelling
By 1909 the service had increased to 12 trains each way on weekdays with three on Sunday. This increased to 14 by 1914 but had dropped back to 12 by 1915 and the Sunday service had been discontinued by 1920
During the Second World War passenger services were reduced, and although they were increased after the war they did not return to the frequencies of the 1930s. The summer timetable for 1947 showed eight trains each way on Monday to Friday with three extra on Saturdays
In 1951 it was decided to withdraw the St Helens and Rainford Junction service and the last trains ran on June 18 1951. The wooden up platform and associated buildings were demolished in 1956 with a small brick cabin being provided for the crossing keeper. The brick-built up platform remained in place without its platform shelter
Goods facilities were not provided but goods trains, always more numerous than passenger services, continued to pass through Rookery until January 1967
