Huyton Quarry | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Huyton, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.4108°N -2.8234°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
Pregroup: | LNWR |
Postgroup: | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 1830 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 1958 |
Events1: | Closed |
Huyton Quarry railway station opened in 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,[1] but Holt suggests it was originally known as the "station at the bottom of Whiston Incline" being renamed Huyton Quarry sometime after 1838.[2] Either way it was one of the earliest passenger railway stations in the world. The station was closed by BR on 15 September 1958.[1]
In 2014, an electrical switching site was constructed in the vicinity as part of the Manchester - Liverpool (via Earlestown) section of the NW electrification schemes.