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St Helens Central formerly Shaw Street formerly St Helens 4th
(1858 - )


The station was originally opened by the St Helens Canal and Railway as St Helens on February 1 1858 to replace two nearby 1833 and 1849 stations. The original 1833 route from Widnes Dock through the town and onwards to Rainford Junction opened along with the station in 1858. It was renamed St Helens Shaw Street in 1949.

It then became St Helens Central in 1987 but the line to Rainford Junction and beyond to Ormskirk had been closed in 1951







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