Origins

There was some consternation among the locals upon the arrival of the railway in 1873 and some consideration was given to locating the station at alternative sites such as Glen Vine, but ultimately these came to nothing.   The railway's management initially doubted the necessity of a station at this location and it was initially a rather simple affair with station building and crossing keeper's hut only.  Access to the station was from the roadside of the building but this was later blocked off and a gate provided on the easterly side of the building instead.

Expansion

The station was soon improved and boasted a lengthy passing loop, wooden station building in a similar pattern as that at St. John's, small goods shed, manure siding which was concealed by an advertisement hoarding, and was on the westerly side of the public road that served it.  Ultimately the company's lack of faith proved unfounded and it was one of the busiest intermediate stations on the Peel Line right until closure, though latterly passengers only were carried.  Indeed, trains still passed here right up until the closure of the line in 1968.

Features

In his early years with the Railway Company, the well-known figure of George Crellin was the station master here, prior to his promotion to St. John's.  It is said that when the railway closed, or in its final years, a group of visiting scouts removed the station nameboard from here and it hung on the wall for many years in their scout hut, they originated from the station's namesake in Merseyside.  The station was distinctive in having an unusually long passing loop, installed to facilitate the passing of long Peel/Ramsey joint trains that passed here.

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