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Springs Branch No.2 to Huyton Station

Springs Branch No.2 to Huyton Station 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 60 m.p.h. 1 – ↓ Springs Branch No, 2 – 2 ↑ ↓ Springs Branch No. 1 0m 417yds 3 ↑↑ ↓↓ Ince Moss Junction 0m 650yds 4 ↑↑ ↓ Garswood Hall Siding 1m 140yds Bryn Station 5 ↑ ↓ Garswood Station 2m 213yds 6 ↑ ↓ Carr Mill Junction 2m 431yds 7 ↑ ↓ Gerard's Bridge Junction 1m 20yds 8 ↑ ↓↓↕ Pocket Nook Junction 0m 42yds 9 ↑ ↓↕ St. Helens No. 2 0m 541yds 10 ↑ ↓ St. Helens No. 3 0m 304yds Thatto Heath Station Eccleston Park Station 11 ↑ ↓ Prescot Station 3m 668yds 12 ↑ – Huyton Station 2m 386yds Links

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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 60 m.p.h.
1 – ↓ Springs Branch No, 2 –
2 ↑ ↓ Springs Branch No. 1 0m 417yds
3 ↑↑ ↓↓ Ince Moss Junction 0m 650yds
4 ↑↑ ↓ Garswood Hall Siding 1m 140yds
Bryn Station
5 ↑ ↓ Garswood Station 2m 213yds
6 ↑ ↓ Carr Mill Junction 2m 431yds
7 ↑ ↓ Gerard’s Bridge Junction 1m 20yds
8 ↑ ↓↓↕ Pocket Nook Junction 0m 42yds
9 ↑ ↓↕ St. Helens No. 2 0m 541yds
10 ↑ ↓ St. Helens No. 3 0m 304yds
Thatto Heath Station
Eccleston Park Station
11 ↑ ↓ Prescot Station 3m 668yds
12 ↑ – Huyton Station 2m 386yds

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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