Euxton railway station (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

This article is about the railway station opened by the Bolton and Preston Railway in 1843. For other uses, see Euxton railway station (disambiguation).

Euxton was an early railway station serving Euxton in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Euxton
General information
Location	Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire England
Coordinates	53.6763°N 2.6752°W / 53.6763; -2.6752
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bolton and Preston Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Key dates
22 June 1843 (1843-06-22)	Opened
2 April 1917	Closed
Location Euxton Location in Chorley Borough, Lancashire Euxton Location in Lancashire, England

North Union Railway
1834 – 1889
Lancaster & Preston Jn Rly to Lancaster Maxwell House ( closed 1844 ) Preston Preston Butler Street (ELR) Victoria Quay goods Preston Fishergate Hill (WLR) River Ribble West Lancashire Railway to Southport East Lancashire Railway to Liverpool Farrington (renamed Farington) Blackburn & Preston Rly to Blackburn Golden Hill (renamed Leyland) Euxton junction Lancashire Union Railway to Blackburn Euxton (NUR) Euxton (B&PR) Coppull Chorley Rawlinson Bridge Standish Lane (renamed Standish) Adlington White Bear Blackrod Red Rock Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Horwich and Horwich Works Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Hindley Boar's Head Liverpool and Bury Railway to Hindley Lancashire Union Railway to Hindley Lostock Junction Bolton Trinity Street Manchester, Bolton & Bury Rly to Salford Wigan Wigan Goods Springs branch Liverpool and Bury Railway to Liverpool Lancashire Union Railway to Hindley Ince Moss Junction London & North Western Rly to Manchester Lancashire Union Railway to St Helens Bamfurlong Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancs Rly to St Helens Central Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancs Rly to Lowton St Mary's Golborne LNWR Winwick cut-off (opened 1864) Preston Junction (renamed Lowton) Liverpool & Manchester Rly to Manchester Parkside (second) Liverpool & Manchester Rly to Liverpool Parkside (original) London & North Western Rly to Warrington
North Union Railway and predecessor: Bolton and Preston Railway Other lines (not all shown): Great Central Railway predecessors: Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and predecessors: Blackburn and Preston Railway East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859) West Lancashire Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway predecessors: Liverpool and Bury Railway Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway London and North Western Railway and predecessors: Lancashire Union Railway Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The station was opened on 22 June 1843 when the Bolton and Preston Railway (B&PR) opened its line from Bolton to Preston.

The station was also known as Euxton Junction, it was located just south of the junction where the B&PR and the North Union Railway (NUR) met, close to Pack Saddle Bridge. The B&PR became part of the NUR in 1844.

The passenger station was accessed from the road where it crossed the railway, just north of the junction and there was one long platform on the east side of the line. There were buildings at the road side and on the platform. The goods side of the station was to the west of the line and accessed from the Wigan to Preston road, adjacent to a public house, which had probably been Cocker's Bridge and became the Railway Tavern.

By 1894 all access appeared to be from the road adjacent to the Railway Tavern, there were platforms both sides of the running lines both with structures. There were sidings on both sides of the mainline forming a goods yard which was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a five ton crane.

The NUR was absorbed by two larger companies in 1889, the section from Bolton to Euxton, and therefore this station, became part of the L&YR.

The station closed on 2 April 1917. The line remains open between Preston and Wigan, however nothing remains of the station.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chorley		Bolton and Preston Railway		Leyland

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
• Oliver, Henry; Airey, John (1894). Hand-book and Appendix of Stations, Junctions, Sidings, Collieries, &c., on the Railways in United Kingdom.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

Further reading

• Gairns, J.F. (May 1926). "Notable Railway Stations and their Traffic: Preston L.M.S.R." (PDF). Railway Magazine (347): 337–346.