Ashton Hall railway station
Disused railway station in Thurnham, Lancashire
54°00′38″N 2°49′49″W / 54.01046°N 2.83037°W / 54.01046; -2.83037
Ashton Hall railway station was a private halt in Lancashire, England. Located on the Glasson Dock branch line, it was opened to serve Ashton Hall, the home of Lord Ashton, a local businessman. The house is now Lancaster Golf Club.
History
Opened by the London and North Western Railway, the station passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and was closed seven years later.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Lancaster Castle | London and North Western Railway Glasson Dock Branch | Conder Green |
The site today
The station still stands. The trackbed through it is now part of the Lancashire Coastal Way, and the platform is just visible from under the foliage.[1]
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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Closed railway stations in Lancashire
- Blackpool Central
- South Shore
- Gillett's Crossing Halt
- Lytham (Station Road)
- Wrea Green
- Fleetwood
- Wyre Dock
- Burn Naze Halt
- Thornton–Cleveleys
- Poulton Curve Halt
- Singleton
- Lea Road
- Maudlands
- Holme
- Towneley
- Bott Lane Halt
- Reedley Hallows Halt
- New Hall Bridge Halt
- Padiham
- Simonstone
- Great Harwood
- Helmshore
- Grane Road
- Haslingden
- Baxenden
- Hoghton Tower
- Hoghton
- Todd Lane Junction
- Melling
- Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale
- Borwick
- Ashton Hall
- Conder Green
- Glasson Dock
- Lancaster (1840–49)
- Galgate
- Bay Horse
- Scorton
- Garstang and Catterall
- Brock
- Roebuck
- Barton and Broughton
- Oxheys
- Maxwell House
- Middleton Road Bridge Halt
- Morecambe Harbour
- Morecambe Promenade
- Morecambe (Northumberland Street)
- Scale Hall
- Lancaster Green Ayre
- Halton
- Caton
- Claughton
- Hornby
- Wray
- Farington
- Euxton (L&NW)
- Balshaw Lane and Euxton
- Coppull
- Rawlinson Bridge
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