1961 Closure of Midge Hall Station, Leyland?

[Chrius56000]

. . .Was there any reason why Midge Hall Station on the Preston–Ormskirk line succumbed in 1961?

. . .Even today trains have to come to a stop alongside what's left of the platform as it's a signalling token exchange point – is this why the platform wasn't demolished?

. . .A guard I spoke to on one of the Preston–Ormskirk line DMUs in the late 1970s said "it would cost hardly anything to reopen it and I can't understand why Lancashire hasn't done so!"

Chris Williams

 

[MadMac]

At the time the station was closed, it was still a through line to Liverpool Exchange and presumably, double track, so it would have removed a poorly patronised stop giving some time benefit.