Halton railway station
Remains in 2008
General information
Location	Halton,Lancaster,Lancashire England
Coordinates	54°04′29″N2°45′36″W / 54.0747°N 2.7600°W /54.0747; -2.7600
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	"Little" North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 November 1849	Opened
3 January 1966	Closed
Location Halton railway station Location in the present-day City of Lancaster district Show map of the City of Lancaster district Halton railway station Location in present-day Lancashire Show map of Lancashire

Halton railway station served the village ofHalton inLancashire, England. It closed in 1966, but thestation building and part of one platform survive beside the cycle path along the disused line.

In reference books the station is sometimes referred to asHalton (Lancs) to distinguish it from anotherHalton railway station in Cheshire (now also disused).

The station was opened on 17 November 1849 by the"little" North Western Railway.^[1] It was linked to Halton village by a railway-owned narrow toll bridge across theRiver Lune. A rebuilt version of the bridge is still in use, free of charge.^[2]

The original timber station was destroyed by fire on 3 April 1907. A spark from the engine of a passingHeysham–St Pancras boat train set fire to a wagon of oil drums by the goods shed. The fire brigade were unable to cross the narrow bridge and it was left to a special trainload of railway workers fromLancaster to pass buckets of water from the river.^[3] The station was rebuilt in brick and timber and the building survives to this day, used as storage byLancaster University Rowing Club, with a public car park occupying the former track bed.^[4]

The station closed on 3 January 1966,^[1] along with the whole line betweenWennington andMorecambe. No other station survives. Cyclists and walkers can travel along the former line in either direction. Beneath the trackbed, east of the station, can be heard running water that is extracted from the river to an underground pumping station in Quernmore Park.^[5]

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004)Lost Railways of Lancashire,Countryside Books, Newbury,ISBN 1-85306-801-2
• Vinter, J. (1990),Railway Walks: LMS, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud,ISBN 0-86299-735-6

Wikimedia Commons has media related toHalton (Lancashire) railway station.

• "Millennium Park Cycle Route & Walk",Leeds–Lancaster–Morecambe Railway website, accessed 19 December 2008
• "Disused Stations Site Record — Halton (near Lancaster)", accessed 19 December 2008

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• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
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