Notes: Haydock station was situated on the St. Helens Central to Lowton St. Mary's branch which left the Glazebrook to Wigan Central line at Lowton St. Mary's This line had been sanctioned as early as July 1885 and the original intention was to create a line that would link Wigan to Southport by creating a route from Lowton St. Mary's to Fazakerley Junction on the CLC North Liverpool Extension Line.

The railway company that was formed to build the line the St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway (became Liverpool St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway on 26.7.1889) was in constant financial difficulty and despite the first sod being cut on 28.1.1888 it did not open to goods traffic until 1.7.1895 and then only to St. Helens. It was to take another five years for the line to be brought up to passenger standards by which time any hope of continuing west had been abandoned.

The line remained a minor branch line that was of far more use for goods as it linked to a number of collieries in the Lancashire coalfield. Passenger services were always secondary. In 1906 the line became part of the GCR transferring to the LNER in 1923. Goods facilities were withdrawn from 1.3.1944.

The station had two platforms and very sparse facilities. A wooden shelter was provided on the Lowton (eastbound) platform but there were no waiting facilities on the St. Helens (westbound) platform, presumably because it was not expected that many passengers would want to make the short journey to St. Helens from Haydock by train. Haydock Station did not survive long into the period of nationalization closing on 1.3.1952. Today the station site is occupied by a housing estate. Apart from a short stretch of linear green space there is very little evidence of the line ever having existed from Haydock to St. Helens

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