Banks railway station information

Banks
Banks
	Banks railway station in 1964
General information
Location	Banks, West Lancashire; England
Coordinates	53°40′39″N 2°55′23″W / 53.677401°N 2.92304°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	West Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
19 February 1878	Opened
7 September 1964	Closed

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53°40′39″N 2°55′23″W / 53.677401°N 2.92304°W / 53.677401; -2.92304

Banks railway station was on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the village of Banks near Southport.

The station and line opened on 19 February 1878.^[1] On that day, the first passenger train was greeted at Banks by "simple songs" from the Church School children. The vicar of Banks, a passenger on the train, rewarded them with a "shower of coppers".^[2]

The station had a depot in its goods yard for coal merchants in Banks. Along the track, towards Preston, the first crossing was at Long Lane. The crossing keeper who opened the gates for farmers and anyone else wanting to take vehicles or cows across had a house provided with the job.

Mrs. Mary Wignall of Ralph's Wife's Lane was interviewed by a local newspaper reporter in 1958 when she was 93 and the oldest resident in Banks. She said, "I well remember watching the first train pass through the village with scores of school children lining the route catching pastries, cakes and oranges thrown from windows".^{[citation needed]}

The station and line closed on 7 September 1964.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. p.26
^ Cotterall, J.E. (1982), The West Lancashire Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 0-85361-288-9, p.9

[Butts-1] Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. p.26

[2] Cotterall, J.E. (1982), The West Lancashire Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 0-85361-288-9, p.9

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