Burton Point railway station

Former railway station on the North Wales and Liverpool Railway in Cheshire, England

53°15′48″N 3°02′45″W / 53.2634°N 3.0459°W / 53.2634; -3.0459Grid referenceSJ303745Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Wales and Liverpool RailwayPre-groupingGreat Central RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates1 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXVIII
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Station Name: BURTON POINT". Disused stations. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ Merseyside Railway History Group 1994, p. 62
^ 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.