Cocker Bar railway station

Cocker Bar
Site of the station (2015)
General information
LocationUlnes Walton, Chorley
England
Coordinates53°41′25″N 2°45′23″W / 53.6902°N 2.7564°W / 53.6902; -2.7564
Grid referenceSD501218
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Key dates
c 1849Opened
October 1859Closed on the opening of Midge Hall

Cocker Bar railway station was located in what is still open country where Cocker Bar Road (B5248) crosses what is now the Ormskirk Branch Line.

The station was closed when Midge Hall station opened 47 chains (0.95 km) further north in 1859, shortly after the line was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

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