Halebank railway station

53°21′22″N 2°47′51″W / 53.3561°N 2.7975°W / 53.3561; -2.7975Grid referenceSJ470846Platforms4Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companySt Helens Canal and RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 July 1852 (1852-07-01)Opened as Halewood3 October 1874Renamed Halebank for HaleMay 1895Renamed Halebank1 January 1917Closed5 May 1919Reopened15 September 1958 (1958-09-15)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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Halebank railway station was a railway station between Liverpool and Widnes, England.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1852 as Halewood and was renamed Halebank for Hale on 3 October 1874.^[1] The line through the station was quadrupled in 1891.^[2] The station name was simplified to Halebank in May 1895. The station was temporarily closed between 1 January 1917 and 5 May 1919. It was closed permanently on 15 September 1958.^[1]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Speke Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway St Helens Canal and Railway		Ditton Junction Line open, station closed

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