Scorton railway station served the village of

Scorton, Lancashire Scorton is a small village near the River Wyre, in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It is located north of Garstang. The name means "''farmstead near a ditch or ravine''." Background In the 19th century there was a cotton mill in the ...

, England, from 1840 to 1939 on the

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway The Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway opened its twenty-mile line in 1840 in Lancashire, England. The company was not commercially successful. When the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway opened in 1846, the L&PJR became part of a busy trunk rai ...

History

The first station opened on 26 June 1840 by the

. It was very short-lived, closing one and half a months later in August 1840. It was replaced by a new station half a mile to the south. This station had a signal box and a station building on the southbound platform. It closed on 1 May 1939. Nothing remains of either stations.

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Disused railway stations in the Borough of Wyre Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939 1840 establishments in England 1939 disestablishments in England Former London and North Western Railway stations {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub