Sutton Oak railway station

Coordinates: 53°26′23″N 2°42′33″W / 53.439589°N 2.709201°W

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Sutton Oak
General information
Location	The Sutton area of St Helens, St Helens England
Coordinates	53°26′23″N 2°42′33″W / 53.439589°N 2.709201°W / 53.439589; -2.709201
Grid reference	SJ529938
Platforms	2^[1]
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 as "Sutton"
1 November 1864	Renamed "Sutton Oak"
18 June 1951 (1951-06-18)	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

Sutton Oak railway station served the southern area of St Helens, England. The station was 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first appeared on public timetables in 1852^[5] and closed completely on 18 June 1951, when passenger trains were withdrawn between Widnes and St Helens.^[6]^[7]

Services

Two services called at Sutton Oak:

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

and

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

In 1922 nine "Down" (northbound) Ditton Junction trains a day called at Sutton Oak, '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.^[8]

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.^[9]

In 1922 no fewer than twentyone St Helens Junction trains called in each direction, Monday to Saturday, with three on Sundays.^[10]

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 Sutton Oak.

Intensive though this service was, it was listed in The Beeching Report for withdrawal and it ended on 14 June 1965.^[11]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Peasley Cross Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway		Clock Face Line and station closed
Peasley Cross Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway		Robins Lane Halt Line and station closed

References

Notes

^ Pixton 1996, p. 68
^ Engineers' Line Reference SHS1 via railwaycodes
^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45
^ Paul Wright (20 April 2010). "Station Name: SUTTON OAK". Disused Stations. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
^ A detailed history via Disused Stations UK
^ A detailed history via Disused Stations UK
^ Pixton 1996, p. 68
^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 495
^ Pixton 1996, p. 86
^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 502
^ A detailed history via Disused Stations UK

Sources

Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 978-0-7524-0751-7
Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6

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