Moore railway station

For the railway station in Australia, see Moore railway station, Queensland.

Moore railway station was a station on the Grand Junction Railway serving the village of Moore in what was then Cheshire, England. It opened on 4 July 1837 when the line opened.^[1][2]

Moore
General information
Location	Halton England
Coordinates	53.35367°N 2.63975°W / 53.35367; -2.63975
Grid reference	SJ575842
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 July 1837 (1837-07-04)	Opened
1 January 1917	Station closed
1 February 1919	Station reopened
1 February 1943 (1943-02-01)	Closed to passengers
1952	Closed to rail workers
Location

The station is located in Moore cutting on the south side of the road (which is now Runcorn Road) which loops through Moore village passing both this station and Daresbury, also in the village. The road crossed the railway on an over-bridge, with road access down to the station building on the down, western, side of the tracks. In 1865 there was at least one platform at the station.^[3][4]

By 1898 there was evidence of two platforms with a structure on each platform, there was footpath from the over-bridge to the up platform. Although there are no goods facilities recorded at the station in 1904 the map shows a siding with a headshunt into a building labelled Water Works.^[5][6]

The station closed on 1 January 1917 as a temporary war measure and reopened on 1 February 1919 and finally closed to passengers on 1 February 1943, although it was in use by railwaymen until 1952.^[2]

No substantive remains exist today.^[7]

Moore Railway Station site - March 2019

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Preston Brook		London and North Western Railway Grand Junction Railway		Warrington Bank Quay