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Widnes railway station
Widnes railway station (formerly Widnes North railway station) is in the town of Widnes, in the Halton unitary authority, in the county of Cheshire in North West England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The station is operated by Northern Rail.
==History==
The station, opened by the CLC on 1 August 1873, was originally known as ''Farnworth (Widnes)'', Farnworth being at the time a village north of Widnes, but is now a northern suburb of the town. The station was renamed ''Widnes North'' on 5 January 1959,〔 and finally ''Widnes'' on 6 May 1968〔 ( and , on other lines, having closed to passengers in 1964 and 1962 respectively).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/widnes_central/index.shtml )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/widnes_south/index.shtml )〕
Widnes Railway Station is one of two stations where Paul Simon reputedly composed the song "Homeward Bound", the other being Ditton railway station. It is uncertain exactly where the song was written: in an interview with Paul Zollo for ''SongTalk'' Magazine, Art Garfunkel says that Simon wrote the song in a railway station "around Manchester" while in an earlier interview for Playboy Magazine Simon himself mentioned the train station was at Liverpool. It is likely, however, that it was written at one of the two Widnes stations during a long wait for a train, as Simon was travelling back from Widnes, where he had been playing.〔Just ask Sunday Mail (Glasgow); 24 December 2006; MARGRET CAMPBELL; p. 38〕 A plaque commemorating this claim to fame is displayed on the Liverpool bound platform of Widnes railway station.〔GADFLY - Paul's fair deal for Scarborough Northern Echo (Darlington); 7 June 2006; MIKE AMOS; p. 11〕 Simon is quoted as saying "()f you'd ever seen Widnes, then you'd know why I was keen to get back to London as quickly as possible."〔Backtrack - BACKTRACK BRIEFS . . . Northern Echo (Darlington); 21 November 2008; Mike Amos; p. 11〕
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