Penwortham Cop Lane was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

on the

West Lancashire Railway The West Lancashire Railway (WLR) ran northeast from Southport to Preston in northwest England. History The Act of Parliament that established the company received Royal Assent on 17 August 1871. The first sod was cut by Alderman Samuel Sw ...

in England. It served the town of

Penwortham Penwortham () is a town and civil parish in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the river, with major road ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

. It was between Higher Penwortham and Lower Penwortham. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1911 as Cop Lane Halt. It was renamed to its later name on 30 March 1940 and was closed by British Rail in 1964. The cutting which once carried the railway under Cop Lane has been widened and now carries the A59 Penwortham bypass.

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Disused railway stations in South Ribble Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1911 Beeching closures in England Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub