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Cocker Bar railway station
Former railway station in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cocker Bar railway station was located in what is still open country where Cocker Bar Road (B5248) crosses what is now the Ormskirk Branch Line.[1]
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Cocker Bar | |
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![]() Site of the station (2015) | |
General information | |
Location | Ulnes Walton, Chorley England |
Coordinates | 53.6902°N 2.7564°W / 53.6902; -2.7564 |
Grid reference | SD501218 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | East Lancashire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Key dates | |
c 1849 | Opened |
October 1859 | Closed on the opening of Midge Hall |
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The station was closed when Midge Hall station opened 47 chains (0.95 km) further north[2] in 1859, shortly after the line was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.