Glazebrook railway station

Glazebrook railway station serves the villages in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook in the Warrington unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

[1] Glazebrook station was formerly located between two junctions, Glazebrook West[2] for the Wigan Junction Railways to Wigan Central and St Helens Central (GCR), services to those stations ceasing in 1952 (St Helen's Central) and 1964 (Wigan Central);[3] and Glazebrook East Junction for the line to Stockport Tiviot Dale via Skelton Junction, passenger services to there also ceased in 1964.

East of Glazebrook there is the only passing loop east of Warrington, used regularly for late running fast trains to pass local services.

The station building, opened on 2 September 1873,[4] is of typical Cheshire Lines Committee design.

A summary of services is: Southern Route (Cheshire Lines)

Lines around Glazebrook & Partington in 1907.
Down goods train on Cheshire Lines at Glazebrook in June 1957