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Peasley Cross
Peasley Cross
General information
Location	The Peasley Cross area of St Helens, St Helens; England
Coordinates	53°26′40″N 2°43′09″W / 53.444369°N 2.719029°W
Grid reference	SJ523944
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1852	Station opened
18 June 1951	Station closed

St Helens &
Runcorn Gap Railway

Legend

Liverpool & Bury Railway

Rainford Junction

Skelmersdale branch

Liverpool & Bury Railway

Liverpool–Wigan line

to Wigan North Western

St Helens Central

(original GCR station)

St Helens Central

Liverpool, St Helens &

South Lancashire Railway

Liverpool–Wigan line

to Liverpool Lime Street

Peasley Cross

Hays Chemicals

Sutton Oak

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

to Manchester Victoria

Robins Lane Halt

St Helens Junction

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

to Liverpool Lime Street

Vladivar Vodka distillery

Warrington Arpley

Chester–Warrington line

to Chester

Warrington Bank Quay

High Level│Low Level

West Coast Main Line

Whitecross

Sankey Bridges

Fidlers Ferry & Penketh

Fiddlers Ferry power station

Cuerdley

Widnes loop

to Sankey

Tanhouse Lane

Widnes Central

Cheshire Lines Committee

(Liverpool–Manchester)

Hough Green

Widnes South

(second)

(first)

Weaver Junction–Liverpool line

to Weaver Junction & Euston

1864 extension

to Liverpool

Church Road Garston

Garston Container terminal

Garston Dock

Garston and Liverpool Railway

to Hunts Cross

Hunts Cross chord

Liverpool South Parkway

to Liverpool Central

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Edge Hill

Liverpool Lime Street

Peasley Cross railway station served the central southern area of St Helens, England. It was situated on the central section^[2]^[3] of the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway which was later absorbed by the London and North Western Railway.^[4]

History

The station first appeared on public timetables in 1852^[5] and closed completely on 18 June 1951, when passenger trains were withdrawn between Widnes and St Helens.^[6]

Services

Two services called at Peasley Cross:

St Helens to Ditton Junction via Widnes South - The Ditton Dodger

and

St Helens Central to St Helens Junction, often continuing to Warrington Bank Quay

In 1922 nine "Down" (northbound) Ditton Junction trains a day called at Peasley Cross, 'One class only' (i.e. 3rd Class) and 'Week Days Only' (i.e. not Sundays). The "Up" service was similar. Some of these travelled beyond Ditton Junction to Runcorn or Liverpool Lime Street.^[7]

In 1951 the Ditton Junction service was sparser but more complex. Six trains called in each direction, Monday to Friday, the early morning ones providing both 1st and 3rd Class accommodation. On Saturdays four trains called in each direction, 3rd Class only. No trains called on Sundays.^[8]

In 1922 no fewer than twentyone St Helens Junction trains called in each direction, Monday to Saturday, with three on Sundays.^[9]

This level of service was maintained or even increased into the 1930s, but was cut back during WW2. After the war the St Helens Junction services were restored to earlier levels. For example, in the early 1960s there were thirty-three trains in each direction. From 1951, however, these trains passed the closed Peasley Cross.

Intensive though this service was, it was listed in The Beeching Report for withdrawal and it ended on 14 June 1965.^[10]