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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 The M6 and M62 motorways and A580 East Lancashire Road pass close to the town. This has helped Newton become an important commuter town, now that most of its industry has gone, with the city centres of Manchester and Liverpool also being accessible by train in as little as 18 minutes and 16 minutes respectively.
The following table lists the name and three-letter code of each station, the year it first opened, the metropolitan borough in which it lies, the zone(s) in which it is situated, the train operators who currently provide its services and the number of passengers using the station in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 financial years as collated by ...
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.
New station London and North Western Railway North Union Railway Wigan Branch Railway 1847 – 1878 Leased line Terminus Current situation Newton-le-Willows Formerly Newton Bridge Line and station open Parkside Lines open, station closed 1878 Kenyon Junction Line open, station closed: Lowton Formerly Preston Junction Line open, station closed
Garswood railway station serves the village of Garswood in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified Merseytravel Liverpool to Wigan City Line , 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Liverpool Lime Street .
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.