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Newton-le-Willows railway station is a railway station in the town of Newton-le-Willows, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, and at the edge of the Merseytravel region (16 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (26.2 km) from Liverpool Lime Street). The station is branded Merseyrail.
On 25 July 1831 the Warrington and Newton Railway was opened for public use, making a junction at a point in the township of Newton, facing in the direction of Liverpool. The surviving Earlestown station buildings were constructed around 1835 on the original site, at the point of intersection of these two early railways, incidentally forming ...
Newton-le-Willows railway station and Earlestown railway station, opened in 1830. They are two of the oldest railway stations. They are two of the oldest railway stations. Earlestown was an important junction where the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway line was joined by the 1837 line running south to Birmingham .
Warrington has seven railway stations within its boundaries. The town has two main railway stations, Bank Quay on the London to Glasgow and Chester – Warrington – Newton-le-Willows – Manchester lines, and Central on the Liverpool – Widnes – Manchester line and the Transpennine route. Bank Quay is much altered, but Central (built 1873 ...
The east facing curve and the main line between Newton-le-Willows and Castlefield Junction in Manchester was electrified on 9 December 2013. [33] The lines through the station site are still open in 2020. [34]
Newton-le-Willows railway station 53°27′11″N 2°36′49″W / 53.45316°N 2.61371°W / 53.45316; -2.61371 ( Newton-le-Willows railway 1845
Station name Postcode External links to map of station at Multimap.com Code External links to livedepartureboards.com showing current departures and arrivals for this station Nafferton: YO25 4LU: NFN: Nailsea and Backwell: BS48 3LE: NLS: Nairn: IV12 4QP: NRN: Nantwich: CW5 7BG: NAN: Narberth: SA67 8TY: NAR: Narborough: LE9 5HR: NBR: Navigation ...
A railway station was built at the junction of the two railways, a mile west of the town of Newton in Makerfield, now Newton-le-Willows, and was given the name Newton Junction. A locomotive and wagon works was built just west of the station and a model town was constructed for its workers. In 1837, the name of the station was changed to Earlestown.