Private company

Warrington and Newton Railway

Early British railway company

The Warrington and Newton Railway (W&NR) was a short early railway linking Warrington to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) at Newton, and to coal mining pits at Haydock, nearby. It opened in 1831.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Warrington Dallam Lane - Geograph-6378471-by-Nigel-Thompson
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Warrington and Newton Railway (W&NR) was a short early railway linking Warrington to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) at Newton, and to coal mining pits at Haydock, nearby. It opened in 1831.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Grand Junction Railway1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3