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Halewood North Junction was the northern point of the Halewood triangle. When it opened on 1 December 1879 it was simple junction between two double track lines controlled by a nineteen lever frame signal box on the east side of the line. Curving towards the west was the west chord which ran to the main line at Hunts Cross East Junction. Trains running between Liverpool and the North Liverpool Extension Line used this route. Curving towards the east was the east chord which ran to Halewood East Junction. This was used by trains running between Manchester and the North Liverpool Extension Line.

In 1897 a new eastern chord was opened for passenger services and through freight trains. It was located to the east of the original line and had its junction with the western chord a short distance to the north of the original junction. The original line to Halewood East Junction (which then became Halewood West Junction) became a goods only line.

At the same time at a distance of about 30 chains to the south of the 1879 junction, along the eastern chord, another junction was created at which a line diverged. It curved to the west and made a connection with the main line to the east of Hunts Cross East Junction. It was also used only by goods trains. A signal box opened on 25 February 1901 to control the northern junction of what had in effect become an inner triangle. The box was called Halewood Sidings North. It had closed by December 1925 being replaced by a ground frame.

Halewood North Junction shown on a 1904 map. Both the Halewood North Junction signal box of 1896 and the 1901 box for the goods line junction are shown.

To control the remodelled Halewood North Junction a new signal box opened on 4 June 1896. It was an all timber CLC type CL1a box with a 40 lever frame. It was located adjacent to the new junction further north that the original on the west side of the line.

On 25 February 1901 a signal box was opened to serve the junction between the original chord (now the goods line to Halewood West Junction) and the goods line that ran to Hunts Cross East Junction. It was relatively short lived closing by December 1925. It was replaced by a ground frame.

The original north junction of 1879 was the first to close on 14 May 1967. The 1897 eastern chord closed on 26 October 1968 and Halewood North Junction signal box closed the following day on 27 October 1968.

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