Norton railway station was a station near Norton, a village to the east of
Runcorn,
Cheshire
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, England. It was located just north of the 1.25 mile (2 km) Sutton Tunnel and was built as a result of the recommendations of a
Board of Trade
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enquiry into a
fatal accident
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in the tunnel the previous year.
It was opened by the
Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Joint Railway company on 18 December 1850; originally named ''Norton'', it was renamed ''Norton (Cheshire)'' in 1926; and it was closed to passenger traffic by the
British Transport Commission on 1 September 1952.
Most of the station has since been demolished, but the old station house remains in use as a private dwelling and there is a signal box nearby that still bears this name. A new station, known as was opened a few metres south of the original site in October 1983 to serve the southern end of
Runcorn new town
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References
Further reading
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External links
Norton @ Disused Stations
Disused railway stations in the Borough of Halton
Former Birkenhead Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952
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