Notes: Rookery Station was part of the St. Helens to Ormskirk via Rainford Junction line. The route was effectively made up of two different lines that opened within a month of each other. Rookery was situated on the St. Helens to Rainford Junction line which had been opened by The St. Helens Railway on 1.2.1858. The other part of the line ran from Rainford Junction to Ormskirk and was opened by the East Lancashire Railway. At the time of opening new stations where provided at St. Helens (3rd), Gerards Bridge, Moss Bank, Rainford and Rainford Junction. A few months later the railway company decided to add another two experimental stops to see if they were viable. One of these was Crank, the other was called Rookery (1st), this first appeared in the timetable in April 1858 but the later closed in March 1862.

On the 1.6.1865 the LNWR opened a new Rookery Station 50 chains to the north of the first short lived station of that name. The line was double track and so the station was provided with two platforms each of which had a simple wooden waiting shelter. At the time of opening the station was served by four trains each way per day which ran from St. Helens to Rainford Junction where the St. Helens Railway had its own platform. By 1904 traffic levels had built up and there were 8 trains in each direction.

In 1923 the entire route from St. Helens to Ormskirk became part of the LMS which brought it under the direction of one company for the first time. This did not alter the pattern of services though they remained as they always had with St. Helens line services terminating at Rainford Junction. Passengers wishing to travel on towards Ormskirk had to change at Rainford Junction.
By the middle of the 20th Century traffic levels on the line had declined and by 1951 only three workman's trains operated at morning and afternoon rush hour in each direction. Despite protests regular passenger services ceased on 16.6.951. The line remained in use for goods services and for passenger excursions and diversions up until 6.7.1964

For other Stations on the St. Helens - Ormskirk line click on the station name: St. Helens (3rd station), Gerards Bridge, Moss Bank, Crank, Old Mill Lane, Rainford Village, Rainford Junction (St. Helens Platform), Rainford Junction (Ormskirk platform), Hey's Crossing Halt, White Moss Level Crossing Halt, Skelmersdale & Westhead Halt