Huyton Quarry railway station opened in 1830 as part of the

Liverpool and Manchester Railway The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. It ...

, but Holt suggests it was originally known as the "station at the bottom of Whiston Incline" being renamed Huyton Quarry sometime after 1838. Either way it was one of the earliest passenger railway stations in the world. The station was closed by BR on 15 September 1958. In 2014, an electrical switching site was constructed in the vicinity as part of the Manchester - Liverpool (via Earlestown) section of the NW electrification schemes.

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Huyton Quarry station at Disused Stations Site
Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1830 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 1830 establishments in England 1958 disestablishments in England Huyton {{Merseyside-railstation-stub