Kenyon Junction railway station
{{Short description|Disused railway station in England}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Kenyon Junction
| status = Disused
| image =
| borough = Culcheth, Warrington
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4637|-2.5387|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ642964|25|SJ642964}}
| platforms = 4{{sfn|Fields|Gilbert|Knight|1980|loc=Photos 43 & 48}}{{sfn|James|2004|p=11}}
| original = Liverpool and Manchester Railway
| pregroup = London and North Western Railway
| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
| years = {{Start date|1830|09|15|df=yes}}
| events = Opened as Bolton Junction
| years1 = June 1843
| events1 = Renamed Kenyon Junction
| years2 = 2 January 1961
| events2 = Station closed to passengers{{sfn|Butt|1995|pp=38 & 130}}
| years3 = 1 August 1963
| events3 = Station closed completely{{sfn|Butt|1995|pp=38 & 130}}
}}
{{LNWR Lines to Bolton|collapse=yes}}
{{Tyldesley Loopline}}
Kenyon Junction was a railway station at Kenyon near Culcheth in Warrington, England. The station was built at the junction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway.{{sfn|Sweeney|1996|p=8}}{{sfn|Smith|Turner|2012|loc=Map 45}} It was situated in the historic county of Lancashire. The station opened in 1830 as Bolton Junction and closed to passengers on 2 January 1961 before closing completely on 1 August 1963.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=38}} The junction fell out of use when the line serving Leigh was closed in 1969.{{citation |title=Kenyon Junction Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/k/kenyon_junction/index.shtml|publisher=subbrit.org.uk |accessdate=2010-09-10}}
History
The station was opened on 15 September 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=38}} It was originally named Bolton Junction before being renamed Kenyon Junction in June 1843.{{sfn|Butt|1995|pp=38 & 130}}
The early station was criticised for poor facilities and missed connections and was reconstructed in 1883.{{sfn|Sweeney|1996|p=61}} The London and North Western Railway's Tyldesley Loopline from Eccles to the junction west of Tyldesley station continued south west to Leigh, Pennington and Kenyon Junction opened in 1864.{{sfn|Sweeney|1996|p=71}}{{sfn|Sweeney|2015|pp=172–180}}
The original engine shed closed before 1870. Large sidings accommodated goods and coal traffic from Bag Lane, Westleigh, Bickershaw and Abram Collieries and Jacksons and Speakmans Sidings in Bedford, Greater Manchester, Leigh. There were two signal boxes.{{sfn|Sweeney|1996|p=61}}{{sfn|Holland|2001|p=91}}
All stations on the line to Bolton closed in 1954.{{sfn|Sweeney|1996|p=11}}
The stationmaster's house remains in occupation, complete with its own railway bridge to cross the Manchester to Liverpool line, but is not visible from the road.
Potential reopening
In 2001 a proposal to rebuild Kenyon Junction station, which met with much local opposition, was abandoned following the rejection of plans to build a leisure complex in Leigh which the rebuilt station would have served.
Locals have lobbied to rebuild the station and build a link to Leigh.http://www.gmpte.com/upload/library/leighsoc.pdf p. 117 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118002558/http://www.gmpte.com/upload/library/leighsoc.pdf |date=18 November 2008 }}
In March 2019, Andy Burnham backed plans to reopen the station as a short-term solution to link Leigh to the rail network.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/17467738.greater-manchester-mayor-determined-to-deliver-train-station-for-leigh/|title = Greater Manchester mayor determined to deliver train station for Leigh}} The plans are also backed by the Leigh MP James Grundy.
References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
{{refbegin}}
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{citation|last1=Fields|first1=N|last2=Gilbert|first2=A C|last3=Knight|first3=N R|title=Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century|year=1980|publisher=Manchester Transport Museum Society|isbn=978-0-900857-19-5}}
- {{citation|last=Holland |first=Bert |title=Plodder Lane for Farnworth |publisher=Triangle Publishing |location=Leigh |year=2001 |isbn=0-9529333-6-5}}
- {{citation |last=James |first=David |title=Lancashire's Lost Railways |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-84033-288-9}}
- {{citation|last1=Smith|first1=Paul|last2=Turner|first2=Keith|title=Railway Atlas Then and Now|year=2012|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|isbn=978-0-7110-3695-6}}
- {{citation |last=Sweeney |first=D.J. |title=A Lancashire Triangle Part One |publisher=Triangle Publishing |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-9529333-0-4}}
- {{citation |last=Sweeney |first=Dennis |title=A Lancashire Triangle Revisited |publisher=Triangle Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-9550030-7-3}}
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External links
- [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/k/kenyon_junction/index.shtml The station's history] Disused Stations UK
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#363,396,1 The station on a 1948 OS Map] npe maps
- [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344078 The station on an 1849 OS map] National Library of Scotland
- [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.4656&lon=-2.5467&layers=6 The station on an 1892 series OS map overlay] National Library of Scotland
- [http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/d/dse.shtm The line, stations and mileages] railwaycodes
{{Disused rail start}}
{{rail line one to two
|previous=Parkside
Line open, station closed
|next1={{stnlnk|Pennington}}
Line and station closed
|next2={{stnlnk|Glazebury and Bury Lane}}
Line open, station closed
|route=London and North Western Railway
|col={{LNWR colour}} }}
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Category:Disused railway stations in Warrington
Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1830