Haydock Park railway station

Haydock Park
Haydock Park
General information
Location	Haydock, St Helens; England
Coordinates	53.481363°N 2.625267°W
Grid reference	SJ584984
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
10 February 1899	Station opened for race day traffic
5 October 1963	Station closed

Haydock Park railway station was a railway station adjacent to Haydock Park Racecourse, formerly in Lancashire and now in Merseyside, England. The station's sole purpose was to handle race day traffic. It did not feature in public timetables and normal service trains passed through the station without stopping.

GCR lines to
St Helens and Wigan

Wigan Central

Wigan Darlington Street

Springs Branch

Manchester–Southport line

Ince

Lower Ince

Wigan avoiding line

to Pemberton

Hindley

to Springs Branch Junction

Manchester–Southport line

Lancashire Union Railway

Lancashire Union Railway

"The Whelley Loop"

Strangeways West Junction

Hindley South

Strangeways East Junction

Platt Bridge

Manchester and Wigan Railway

St Helens Central (GCR)

St Helens Central

Liverpool–Wigan line

Haydock

Haydock Colliery Tunnel

Park Lane Halt

West Coast Main Line

Golborne North

West Leigh and Bedford

Liverpool, St Helens and

South Lancashire Railway

Wigan Junction Railways

Lowton St Mary's Junction

Lowton St Mary's

Chat Moss line

Kenyon Junction

Culcheth

Newchurch Halt

Liverpool–Manchester lines

Glazebrook

The station was on the Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway line from Lowton St Mary's to the original St Helens Central railway station. It stood behind the racecourse's grandstand.

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