Burton Point Railway Station
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Burton Point railway station was located on the northern side of Station Road, at Burton,
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, England. The station opened on 1 August 1899 on the
North Wales and Liverpool Railway The North Wales and Liverpool Railway (NWLR), was the name given to the joint committee formed to construct a railway between Bidston, on the Wirral Railway and Hawarden on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's (MSLR) Chester & Co ...
. The station closed to passengers, and completely, on 5 December 1955. Although the platform waiting rooms and footbridge were demolished after closure, the yellow and redbrick main building remains in use as part of a garden centre and the platforms are still in existence. The line through the former station remains in use as part of the Borderlands Line.


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* * Disused railway stations in Cheshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1899 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 Former Great Central Railway stations 1899 establishments in England Burton (near Neston) {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub