St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway

St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
	1832 view of the bridge over the; Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first bridge; of one railway over another in the world.
Overview
Locale	Cheshire; Merseyside; North West England
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
	Liverpool–Wigan line
	to Wigan North Western
	St Helens Central
	(original GCR station)
	Liverpool, St Helens &
	South Lancashire Railway
	Liverpool–Wigan line
	to Liverpool Lime Street
	Liverpool & Manchester Railway
	to Manchester Victoria
	Liverpool & Manchester Railway
	to Liverpool Lime Street
	Warrington and
	Stockport Railway
	Chester–Warrington line
	to Chester
	Warrington Bank Quay
	High Level│Low Level
	Widnes loop
	to Sankey
	Cheshire Lines Committee
	(Liverpool–Manchester)
	Weaver Junction–Liverpool line
	to Weaver Junction & Euston
	1864 extension
	to Liverpool
	Garston and Liverpool Railway
	to Hunts Cross

The St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway was an early railway line owned by a company of the same name in Lancashire, England, which opened in 1833. It was later known as St Helens Railway. It ran originally from the town of St Helens to the area which would later develop into the town of Widnes. Branches were opened to Garston, Warrington and Rainford. The company was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1864. The line from St Helens to Widnes and the branch to Rainford are now closed, the latter terminating at the Pilkington Glass' Cowley Hill works siding near Gerard's Bridge, but part of the lines to Garston and to Warrington are still in operation.

Details of the line at Rainford, 1908 (lower)

Details of the line around Widnes, 1909 (left)

Railway Clearing House Junction Diagrams showing portions of the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway

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