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Gerards Bridge railway station

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Place
  
St Helens

Grid reference
  
SJ516965

1 August 1905 (1905-08-01)
  
Closed

Area
  
St Helens

1 February 1858 (1858-02-01)
  
Opened

Platforms in use
  
2

Gerards Bridge railway station

Pre-grouping
  
London and North Western Railway

Original company
  
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway

Similar
  
Sankey Viaduct, Garswood railway station, Broad Green railway st, Huyton railway station, St Helens Junction railway st

Gerards Bridge railway station was on the St Helens to Rainford Junction then Ormskirk line immediately north of Haresfinch Road in St Helens, England. It opened on 3 February 1858 and closed on 1 August 1905. Remnants of the line through the station survive, leading to Pilkington's Cowley Hill site, though in September 2015 the tracks were out of use.

Services

The December 1895 timetable showed six "Down" trains to Rainford Junction and five "Up" to St Helens Monday-to-Friday, with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays.No trains called at Gerards Bridge on Sundays.

References

Gerards Bridge railway station Wikipedia