Rainford Branch (East Lancashire Railway)



Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

777012 waiting (briefly) in Ormskirk before heading back to Liverpool Central on 16th September 2023. This particular train had connected with the ...
Mark Bartlett 16/09/2023
507022 is seen near Ormskirk in the early 1980s. It was the first unit to be withdrawn after a collision with 507004 at Kirkdale. One of the motor ...
Don Chattwood //1980
Having worked in to Ormskirk as half of a six-car unit, 508127 is now heading for Kirkdale as ECS while the other half waits to form the next train to ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022
Merseyrail 507029 waits at Ormskirk for the booked departure time of 2107hrs for a service to Liverpool Central on 8th January 2020. This is the south ...
John McIntyre 08/01/2020
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Passenger services from Ormskirk to Rainford ceased in 1958 but the intermediate halt at Westhead, next to this overbridge, closed earlier in 1951. ...
Mark Bartlett 09/11/2009
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There isn't a railway here and there hasn't been one, however the derelict site of the former Glenburn Sports College (right) and West Lancashire ...
John McIntyre 07/04/2017
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