Red Rock railway station

Red Rock railway station stood in Red Rock, a hamlet between Standish and Haigh,[2] originally in Lancashire now within Greater Manchester, England. The railway station was on the Lancashire Union Railway line that ran from Blackburn via Chorley to Wigan before eventually joining the St Helens Railway.

Red Rock
Former Red Rock railway station
General information
Location	Red Rock, Standish, Wigan England
Coordinates	53.5847°N 2.6296°W / 53.5847; -2.6296
Grid reference	SD 584 100
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Joint Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1869	Opened
26 September 1949[1]	Closed to passengers
2 September 1957	Closed to freight traffic

Lancashire Union Railway
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Accrington Blackburn Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Bolton Mill Hill Cherry Tree Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Preston Feniscowles Withnell Brinscall ROF Heapey Heapey Heapey Bleachworks North Union Railway to Preston Chorley Rawlinson Bridge Ellerbeck Colliery North Union Railway to Bolton White Bear Red Rock North Union Railway to Preston Boar's Head Whelley Wigan Amberswood North Union Railway to Warrington Bryn Garswood Carr Mill St Helens London & North Western Rly to Liverpool

The former down waiting room at the station was owned and used by the residents of Haigh Hall from the station's inception until the 1940s.[3] The station buildings and goods yard now form part of a private residence.