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Culcheth Railway Station is a former railway station in Culcheth, England.

History
The station opened on 1 April 1884 along with 6 other stations on the Wigan Junction Railways, which ran from Glazebrook West Junction to Wigan as part of the Great Central Railway.. From 1900 until 1952 Culcheth railway had some services running to St Helen's central, unfortunately this route came to a halt when the line closed to it's passengers.

In the war years, Culcheth train line was more frequently used, though after 1945 the line started to deteriorate.

It closed on 2 November 1964 to passengers and completely to freight in 1965 although the line survived as Freight only till 1968.

The Culcheth station used to have two platforms. One southbound and the other northbound. The railway has now been demolished to be replaced by Culcheth Linear and to this day (2012) the remains of a rear wall of one of the platforms can still be identified e.g. opposite the car park at Culcheth Linear.