Notes: Notes: Halewood station was situated the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) main line between Liverpool Central and Manchester Central. The section of line on which Halewood stood opened from Cressington Junction to Skelton Junction on 1.8.1873 and on 2.9.1873 from Glazebrook to Manchester.

The CLC had previously had to use the LNWR route through Warrington Arpley to access their terminal facilities at Brunswick in Liverpool from Manchester.

Halewood Station opened in May 1874. It was situated on a high embankment to the west of Baileys Lane. It had two platforms linked by a footbridge. The main facilities, a single story wooden building were situated on the Manchester direction platform. A smaller waiting shelter was provided on the Liverpool Platform. Initially the station would have been served by local services running to various points on the main line between Liverpool and Manchester. On the 1.12.1879 the CLC opened its North Liverpool Extension Line. This line connected with the main line by way of an east to north and a west to north curve. The east to north curve junction was situated just to the West of Halewood Station. Passenger services running from the Manchester direction to points on the extension line would have called at Halewood Station from the opening of that line.

Halewood was until the 1960's a small village. The triangular junction to the east of the station was the most significant thing to happen in the village until the second half of the 19th Century. The station was therefore an early closure closing on 17.9.1951. From the 1960's extensive housing development took place in Halewood and the need for a station was discussed. A replacement was not provided until the 1980's, by that time the North Liverpool Extension Line had been closed and demolished. The new station was built on the site of Halewood East Junction about 6 chains to the west of the original site.

Other web sites: The Impact of the Coming of the Railway on 19th Century Halewood

For other stations on the Liverpool to Manchester CLC line click on the station name: Liverpool Central, Liverpool St. James, Brunswick, Otterspool, Garston, & Manchester Central.