Burton Point railway station

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

Burton Point
Burton Point railway station in 1961, six years after closure
LocationBurton, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Coordinates53.2634°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]

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXVIII
  2. "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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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