Rainford

CRS Code	RNF
Collected date	01/07/13

Rainford station is about a mile to the north of Rainford itself, on the line between the Merseyrail terminus at Kirkby and Wigan Wallgate. The settlement around the station is named after the station's original name: Rainford Junction.

A road bridge crosses the line at the eastern end of the station. The view of the station from the road bridge, looking west:

Looking east along the line from the road bridge:

A ramp leads down from road level to platform 2:

Platform 2 at Rainford, for trains towards Wigan:

Beyond the footbridge that crosses the line platform 2 is overgrown, but still has a new sign!

Over the line, on platform 1, which has an entrance from a small access road:

On platform 1, looking east at both platforms:

The footbridge which crosses the line:

From the footbridge looking west along the line towards Rainford Junction signalbox:

Rainford Junction signalbox now just runs a couple of signals, but once managed the junction with branches south to Rainford itself and north via Skelmersdale towards Ormskirk. The signalbox from the footbridge:

The signalbox seen from the access road next to platform 1:

At platform level looking west along the line under the footbridge:

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