Notes: St. Helens (2nd Station) replaced the previous St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway northern terminus that was situated some distance from the town. The station was located conveniently close to the town centre opposite the towns Raven Inn which still stands today. Contemporary maps show thirteen lines, sidings and bays at the station site which gives the impression of a significant site. However a local historian writing some 40 years after its opening described it as a 'small, rudely constructed erection'.

The station was destined to have only a very short life. This was brought about because of the building of a new line by the St. Helens Railway from St. Helens to Rainford. The way in which this line connected to the original line would have meant that passenger trains would have had to reverse either in or out of the terminus station to reach Rainford This would have been unsatisfactory so it was decided to build a new St. Helens station (3rd) on what became the through line.

St. Helens (2nd) Station closed with the opening of the new facilities on 1.2.1858. It remained in use as a goods depot for a while but was closed by 1871. Remarkably in 1959 during demolition of one of the stations buildings, thought to have been the booking office, passenger receipts from this period were found.

See also St. Helens (1st Station) & St. Helens (3rd Station)