Moore railway station explained

Moore
Status:Disused
Borough:Halton
Country:England
Coordinates:53.3537°N -2.6398°W
Platforms:2
Events:Opened
Years1:1 January 1917
Events1:Station closed
Years2:1 February 1919
Events2:Station reopened
Events3:Closed to passengers
Years4:1952
Events4:Closed to rail workers

Moore railway station was a station on the Grand Junction Railway serving the village of Moore in what was then Cheshire, England. It opened on 4 July 1837 when the line opened.

The station is located in Moore cutting on the south side of the road (which is now Runcorn Road) which loops through Moore village passing both this station and, also in the village. The road crossed the railway on an over-bridge, with road access down to the station building on the down, western, side of the tracks. In 1865 there was at least one platform at the station.[1] [2]

By 1898 there was evidence of two platforms with a structure on each platform, there was footpath from the over-bridge to the up platform. Although there are no goods facilities recorded at the station in 1904 the map shows a siding with a headshunt into a building labelled Water Works.[3]

The station closed on 1 January 1917 as a temporary war measure and reopened on 1 February 1919 and finally closed to passengers on 1 February 1943, although it was in use by railwaymen until 1952.

No substantive remains exist today.

There is now a small water-fill station. A water park named "The Station" has also been added.

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Notes and References

  1. Cheshire Sheet XVI . 1882 . Six-inch . Ordnance Survey .
  2. News: . The Storm, Warrington . Warrington Advertiser . 27 May 1865 . 3 . 14 June 2024 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  3. Cheshire XVI.14 . 1898 . 25 inch . Ordnance Survey .