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Stanlow & Thornton railway station is located within the Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, England. It lies on the Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line with services operated by Northern Rail. The station is surrounded by the refinery site, so as a result most station users are refinery employees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stanlow railway station map )〕 ==History== The station was opened on 23 December 1940 jointly by the Great Western Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.〔Butt (1995).〕 The station served the Shell Thornton Aero Engine Laboratory (AEL), which was responsible for developing fuels and oils for the aircraft of the Royal Air Force. A short distance from the station was a signal box. This controlled all of the sidings used for freight. Shell stopped using rail as a method of transportation of goods, and subsequently, the sidings were removed. Eventually, the signal box was dismantled and donated to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archived News: Stanlow & Thornton )〕 Today, the signals for this line and station are controlled at Helsby and Ellesmere Port signal boxes, operated by Network Rail. The station was originally earmarked for closure under what is known today as the Beeching Axe, a report created by Dr. Beeching entitled "The Reshaping of Britain's railways". This was a report commissioned by the government to find out how money could be saved, as use of the railways began to decline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Reshaping of Britain's railways (PDF file) )〕 Station usage statistics for 2004-5 showed 40 passengers using the station, less than one per week.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Statistics (MS Excel) )〕 Passenger numbers began to increase at the station in 2005-6, with 130 people using it in 2005-06. This rose sharply to 326 in 2006-2007, despite the same rail services being operated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanlow and Thornton railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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