A59 road following the route of the railway through the former station

Penwortham Cop Lane was a railway station on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the town of Penwortham in Lancashire. It was between Higher Penwortham and Lower Penwortham. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911 as Cop Lane Halt.[1] It was renamed to its later name on 30 March 1940 and was closed by British Rail in 1964.[2]

The cutting which once carried the railway under Cop Lane has been widened and now carries the A59 Penwortham bypass.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
New Longton & Hutton
Line and station closed 		  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
West Lancashire Railway 		  Preston (ELR)
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ "Disused Stations: Penwortham (Cop Lane) Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk.
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 338. OCLC 931112387.

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