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Knot Mill and Deansgate (now just Deansgate) station was also opened on 20th July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR).
For many years Class 319 EMUs operated the train services calling at Harpenden.
Transferred to Northern control, Class 319s now provide the main services at St Helens Central.
Until the early 1980s, it was possible to catch a direct express train to the coast from Sutton to Bognor Regis, Chichester or Portsmouth. Since the mid-1980s, these express services have been routed via East Croydon in order to serve Gatwick Airport.