Disused Stations: Penwortham (Cop Lane) Station

[Source:Tony Graham & Paul Wright]

A damp misty evening on 2nd September 1964 and with only 4 days to go before closure. The rows of ex- L&Y oil lamps standing on the wooden platforms of Penwortham [Cop Lane] are the only visible items to greet the 6.35 pm Southport - Preston, as its 3 ex-LMS non-corridor coaches grind slowly to a halt behind Lostock Hall's tender-first BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0 No. 78041. The loco was allocated to Lostock Hall from June 1964 until withdrawal in May 1965. It might be observed that the single post-nationalisation item to be seen in this view is the locomotive itself! Today, the scene at this location is totally transformed with a substantially widened cutting being illuminated by sodium lighting and from the headlights of an almost incessant procession of transport of a very different type.
Photo by Alan Castle