Robins Lane Halt railway station

Robins Lane Halt was a short-lived railway station which served the south of St Helens, England.

Robins Lane Halt
General information
Location	Sutton Oak, St Helens, Merseyside, St Helens England
Coordinates	53.436099°N 2.707742°W / 53.436099; -2.707742
Grid reference	SJ531935
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 October 1936	Station opened
26 September 1938 (1938-09-26)	Station closed

St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway
Legend
Liverpool & Bury Railway Rainford Junction Skelmersdale branch Liverpool & Bury Railway Rainford Village Rookery Old Mill Lane Crank Halt Moss Bank Pilkington Gerards Bridge Liverpool–Wigan line to Wigan North Western St Helens Central (original GCR station) St Helens Central Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancashire Railway Liverpool–Wigan line to Liverpool Lime Street Peasley Cross Hays Chemicals Sutton Oak Liverpool & Manchester Railway to Manchester Victoria Robins Lane Halt St Helens Junction Liverpool & Manchester Railway to Liverpool Lime Street Clock Face Union Bank Farm Halt Farnworth & Bold Appleton Ann Street Halt Warrington and Stockport Railway Vladivar Vodka distillery Warrington Arpley Chester–Warrington line to Chester Warrington Bank Quay High Level│Low Level West Coast Main Line Whitecross Sankey Bridges Fidlers Ferry & Penketh Fiddlers Ferry power station Cuerdley Widnes loop to Sankey Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Cheshire Lines Committee (Liverpool–Manchester) Hough Green Widnes South Runcorn Gap (second) Runcorn Gap (first) swing bridge Widnes Dock Ditton Mill Weaver Junction–Liverpool line to Weaver Junction & Euston Runcorn Bridge Ditton Junction Halebank Speke 1864 extension to Liverpool Church Road Garston Garston Container terminal Garston Dock Garston and Liverpool Railway to Hunts Cross Hunts Cross chord Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Central Allerton West Allerton Mossley Hill Sefton Park Wavertree Liverpool & Manchester Railway Edge Hill Liverpool Lime Street
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The unstaffed Halt was on the short "Fast Lines" otherwise known as "The Passenger Lines" which ran from the St Helens to Widnes line at Sutton Oak Junction to the Manchester to Liverpool line next to St Helens Junction station.^[1][2]

History

In modern parlance the halt was opened by the LMS on a "use it or lose it" basis on 12 October 1936. Revenues failed to live up to hopes and it duly closed, less than two years later, on 26 September 1938. Frequent trains continued to pass through the site of the halt, running between St Helens Shaw St (as it then was) and St Helens Junction until they were withdrawn on 14 June 1965. The Fast Lines themselves were closed on 2 March 1969 and have been lifted.^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sutton Oak Line and station closed		London, Midland and Scottish Railway LNWR		St Helens Junction Station open, line closed

References

Notes

1. Engineers' Line Reference SSO via railwaycodes
2. Tolson 1983, pp. 94–5
3. A more detailed history via Disused Stations UK

Sources

• Tolson, J M (1983), The St Helens Railway, Its Rivals and Successors, The Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-292-6, OL 64

External links

• "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
• The station site on an 1888-1913 Overlay OS Map via National Library of Scotland]
• The History of Transport in Sutton via Sutton Beauty
• the station on a 1948 OS Map via npe maps
• The station and line overlain on OS maps via Rail Maps Online