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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

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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

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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

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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 {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub

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