Burton Point
Burton Point railway station in 1961, six years after closure
General information
LocationBurton, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Coordinates53°15′48″N 3°02′45″W / 53.2634°N 3.0459°W / 53.2634; -3.0459
Grid referenceSJ303745
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Wales and Liverpool Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1899Opened[1]
5 December 1955Closed[1]

Burton Point railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, at Burton, Cheshire, England. The station opened on 1 August 1899[1] on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway.[2] The station closed to passengers, and completely, on 5 December 1955.[1][2] Although the platform waiting rooms and footbridge were demolished after closure, the yellow and redbrick main building[3][4] remains in use as part of a garden centre and the platforms are still in existence.[2] The line through the former station remains in use as part of the Borderlands Line.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sealand Rifle Range Halt   Great Central Railway
North Wales and Liverpool Railway		   Neston

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXVIII
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Station Name: BURTON POINT". Disused stations. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Merseyside Railway History Group 1994, p. 62
  4. ↑ Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 82

Sources

  • Merseyside Railway History Group (1994). Railway Stations of Wirral. Prenton: Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey. ISBN 1-899241-02-7. OCLC 500124599.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
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