Place Thurnham, Lancashire 7 July 1930 Station closed | Area Lancaster | |
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Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway 9 July 1883 Station opens as Ashton Hall Unknown date Station renamed as Ashton Hall Halt Original company London and North Western Railway Similar Kirkby Lonsdale railway st, Galgate railway station, Morecambe Euston Road rail, Shawforth railway station, Shirdley Hill railway station | ||
Ashton Hall railway station was a private halt in Lancashire, England. Located on the Glasson Dock Branch, it was opened to serve Ashton Hall, the home of Lord Ashton, a local businessman. The house is now Lancaster Golf Club.
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History
Opened by the London and North Western Railway, the station passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, only to be closed seven years later.
The site today
The trackbed through the former station is now part of the Lancashire Coastal Way [1]
References
Ashton Hall railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA