Rainford Junction to St Helens, Gerard's bridge Junction Junctions and other features Running Lines Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions Distance from Signal Box above Loops and Refuge Sidings Notes Up Down Maximum permissible speed 45 m.p.h. 1 ↕ Rainford Junction (Central Lines) – 2 ↕ Randle Junction 0m 480yds 3 ↕ ↓ Rainford Village Station (Level Crossing) 0m 1320yds 4 ↑ ↓ Old Mill Lane (Level Crossing) 1m 306yds 5 ↑ ↓ Pilkington's Siding 2m 466yds 6 ↑ – Gerard's Bridge Junction 0m 566yds Links
This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.
| Junctions and other features | Running Lines | Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions | Distance from Signal Box above | Loops and Refuge Sidings | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Down | ||||||
| Maximum permissible speed 45 m.p.h. | |||||||
| 1 |
 |
↕ | Rainford Junction (Central Lines) | – | |||
| 2 | ↕ | Randle Junction | 0m 480yds | ||||
| 3 | ↕ | ↓ | Rainford Village Station (Level Crossing) | 0m 1320yds | |||
| 4 | ↑ | ↓ | Old Mill Lane (Level Crossing) | 1m 306yds | |||
| 5 | ↑ | ↓ | Pilkington’s Siding | 2m 466yds | |||
| 6 |
 |
↑ | – | Gerard’s Bridge Junction | 0m 566yds | ||
Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.
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