Newchurch Halt railway station

Newchurch Halt was a railway station on the former Wigan Junction Railways line between and .

History The station opened on 1 February 1943, to serve nearby military establishments: a Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley, and a Royal Navy training camp. A single-track private railway left the Wigan line just to the East of Newchurch Halt, and ran South, across a staffed level crossing at Silver Lane and eventually into the Royal Ordnance Factory.

The station closed on 2 November 1964, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wigan line.

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External links The station's history via Disused Stations UK Newchurch Halt Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map The station and line overlain on many maps in Rail Map Online The station and line WJN in Railway Codes