Grid reference SJ642964 | Platforms in use 4 | |
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Similar Barton Moss railway st, Chequerbent railway station, Bolton Great Moor Street rail, Astley railway station | ||
Kenyon Junction was a junction railway station at Kenyon on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Bolton and Leigh Railway near Culcheth in Warrington, England. It was situated within the historic county of Lancashire. The station opened in 1831 (as Bolton Junction) and closed to passengers on 2 January 1961 before closing completely on 1 August 1963. The junction fell out of use when the line serving Leigh was closed in 1969.
History
In its early years it was referred to as Bolton Junction Station and was officially named Kenyon Junction in 1843. The early station was criticised for poor facilities and missed connections and was reconstructed in 1883. The London and North Western Railway's Tyldesley Loopline from Eccles to the junction west of Tyldesley station continued south west to Leigh, Pennington and Kenyon Junction opened in 1864.
The original engine shed closed before 1870. There were large sidings to accommodate goods and coal traffic from Bag Lane, Westleigh, Bickershaw and Abram Collieries and Jacksons and Speakmans Sidings in Tyldesley. There were two signal boxes. All stations on the line to Bolton closed in 1954. The stationmasters house still stands and is occupied, complete with its own railway bridge to cross the Manchester to Liverpool line, but can't be seen from the road. In 2001 a proposal to rebuild Kenyon Junction Railway Station, which met with much local opposition, was abandoned following the rejection of plans to build a Leisure Complex in Leigh which the rebuilt station would have served. There is a lobby in the area to rebuild Kenyon Junction Station and build a link to Leigh.