Rainhill

CRS Code	RNH
Collected date	04/07/13

Rainhill station serves the Rainhill area of Merseyside and is famous for being (near) the location of the Rainhill trials, in which locomotives were tested for use on the new Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The station building itself is down a bit from Station Road to the south, so entry to the station is via these steps:

Under the shade of the canopy which covers the side of the station building:

The side of the station building, showing the steps down from street level:

The entrance gives onto platform 2, but most of the doorways from the station building to the platform are blocked up. Looking east under the canopy on platform 2:

One of the windows has stained glass of Stephenson's Rocket in it:

A plaque on the retaining wall of platform 2 marking the Rainhill Trials:

The western end of the station building is also blocked up, seen here from the end of the footbridge:

A flower bed just west of the footbridge commemorates the Rainhill trials:

Looking west from the end of platform 2 towards the skew arch bridge which was designed and built by George Stephenson:

From the other end of platform 2, looking west at both platforms:

Platform 1 is accessed by the footbridge, and has a more basic building:

This sign on platform 1 tells us what Rainhill station is for:

At the eastern end of the station there is a second footbridge which isn't part of the railway:

From the eastern footbridge looking east along the line:

Looking west at the station from the eastern footbridge:

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