Storeton railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Storeton
| status = Disused
| image = Storeton station, slope to southbound platform.jpg
| caption = View to the former location of the southbound platform of Storeton station
| borough = Storeton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.3494|-3.0671|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ291842|25|SJ291842}}
| platforms = 2
| original = North Wales and Liverpool Railway
| pregroup = Great Central Railway
| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
| years = 1896
| events = Opened
| years1 = 1900
| events1 = Renamed Storeton for Barnston
| years2 = 1933
| events2 = Renamed Storeton
| years3 = 1951
| events3 = Closed to passengers
| years4 = 1964
| events4 = Closed
}}
Storeton railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, between Barnston and Storeton, England.
History
Originally named Barnston, it opened on 18 May 1896 on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway.{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/storeton/|title=Station Name: STORETON|work=Disused stations|access-date=25 June 2015}} The station was renamed as Storeton for Barnston on 1 May 1900, and simply as Storeton in 1933. The station closed to passengers on 3 December 1951{{harvnb|Daniels|Dench|1980|p=}} and finally closed on 3 February 1964. The station had a 23-lever signal box, south of the road bridge, which operated the lines to the adjacent goods yard and was used until 2 July 1965.{{harvnb|Mitchell|Smith|2013|loc=map XXXI}}{{harvnb|Mitchell|Smith|2013|loc=fig. 92}}
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=Heswall |route=Great Central Railway
North Wales and Liverpool Railway|next=Upton |col={{GCR colour}} }}
{{end box}}
References
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=Sources=
- {{cite book|title=Passengers No More|first1=Gerald|last1=Daniels|first2=L. A.|last2=Dench|year=1980|publisher=Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.|isbn=9780711009516|oclc=16551162}}
- {{cite book|title=Wrexham to New Brighton|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|publisher=Middleton Press|location=West Sussex|year=2013|isbn=9781908174475|oclc=859543196}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Railway Stations of Wirral|author=Merseyside Railway History Group|publisher=Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey|location=Prenton|year=1994|isbn=1-899241-02-7|oclc=500124599}}
{{Closed stations Merseyside}}
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Category:Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951
Category:Former Great Central Railway stations
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