Heapey railway station

Heapey
Heapey
General information
Location	Heapey, Chorley, Lancashire; England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	Joint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1869	Opened
January 1960	Closed to passengers
April 1966	Closed to all traffic
Location
	Heapey Location in the present-day Chorley borough, Lancashire Heapey Location in present-day Lancashire, England

Heapey railway station served the village of Heapey, in Lancashire, England.

History

The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the Blackburn to Chorley Line. In 1960 the station was closed to passengers,^[1]^[2] although goods traffic survived until 1966.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Brinscall		L&YR / LNWR joint Lancashire Union Railway		Chorley

↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 220. OCLC 931112387.
↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 117. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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