White Bear
General information
LocationAdlington, Chorley, Lancashire
England
Coordinates53°36′45″N 2°36′25″W / 53.61244°N 2.60681°W / 53.61244; -2.60681
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyJoint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869Opened
4 January 1960Closed to passengers[2]
October 1971Line closed to all traffic

White Bear railway station, on Station Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England, was on the Lancashire Union Railway line between St Helens and Blackburn. The station was named in some timetables as White Bear (Adlington) or White Bear for Adlington.[2]

The station opened on 1 December 1869 one month after the line that it was situated on, the Lancashire Union Railway from Boars Head Junction in Standish to Rawlinson Bridge, opened for goods traffic. Passenger services also opened on the same date at Boars Head Junction and at Red Rock.

The joint line was constructed because the Wigan coal owners wanted better transportation links to the mills and factories of East Lancashire. The coal owners also wanted a line that would allow trains to go south and gain direct access to Garston Dock where shipping charges were far less than Liverpool dock.

The station was closed to passengers on 4 January 1960, but the line was used for freight and diversions until 1971.[3]

Adlington railway station, serving the Manchester to Preston Line, is now the sole station in the village.

The tracks have been lifted and the station site has been completely built over.

References

  1. ^ Gilbert & Knight 1975, Plate 19.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. ??.
  3. ^ Shannon & Hillmer 2003, p. 99.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Gilbert, A.C.; Knight, N.R. (1975). Railways Around Lancashire, a Pictorial Survey. Castleton, Greater Manchester: Manchester Transport Museum Society. ISBN 978-0-900857-09-6.
  • Shannon, Paul; Hillmer, John (2003). Manchester and South Lancashire. British Railways Past and Present. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85895-197-3. No 41.

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
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Line closed, station open 		  London and North Western Railway
Lancashire Union Railway 		  Red Rock
Line and station closed
Closed railway stations in Lancashire
Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Chorley
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