Police Posts

The Police Posts (complete historical list) Project aims to compile a complete historical list of all the police posts of the RDC forces which eventually amalgamated into what we now know as the British Transport Police. It currently shows 291 locations.

The list shown below was compiled by Kevin Gordon in 2001, and was last updated in 2002. It does not take account of the research that has since been undertaken by the BTPHG in compiling the Constituent Forces Index or the Policing the Ports list. We hope to update and maintain it in due course, but for the moment it is presented in its original form.

The volunteer Project Manager position for this project is currently vacant. However, if you have any information to add, please use the Contact Form to let us know.

For more information on other BTPHG projects please go to the Projects page.

 

StationLocationDatesComments
AberdeenScotland1943 -
AdswoodCheshire1944 - 1946Special/s only (Stockport)
Alexandra DocksLiverpool1888(there is also a Alexandra Dock in Hull) previously the Alexandra Dock Police
AncoatsLiverpool1925 - 1946
ArdrossanScotland1946 -
Ardsley Yorkshire1951 - 1953
Ardwick Manchester1935 - 1960
Aston Birmingham1940 - 1952
AyrScotland1937 - 1945
Ayr HarbourScotland1943 -Special/s only
Baker StreetLondon Underground
BamfurlongLancashire1945 - 1946S of Wigan Special/s only
BanburyOxon1948 - 1953
BangorWales1926 - D/Sgt
BarkingLondon1945 - 1949Sgt
Barnsley1945 - 1946Special/s only
BarrowLancashire1921 - 1945
BathSomerset1910 - 1927
BedfordBedfordshire1944 - 1956DI (DOC/BTP/61)
BelfastNorthern Ireland1929 - 1976
BelperDerbyshire1944 - 1947
Bidston SidingsLiverpool 1948 - 1950(Birkenhead)
BirkenheadLiverpool1919 - 1953
Birkenhead NorthLiverpool1953 - 1955
Birmingham SBWest Mids1950 - 1959
BishopsgateLondon
BishoptonScotland1942 - 1945Special/s only
BlackburnLancashire1933 - 1958
BlackpoolLancashire1927 -
BlaydonNorthumberland1949 -
BletchleyBucks1945 - 1946Special/s only
BlythNorthumberland1954 - 1957
BoltonLancashire1896 - 1959
BowLondon1942 - 1946
BradfordYorkshire1897 -Robert Dawson
Bradford ValleyYorkshire1946 - 1956
Breck RoadLiverpool1945 - 1950
BrentfordLondon1949 -
Brewery SidingsManchester1945 - 1946
BridgetonScotland1945 - Glasgow
BrighouseYorkshire1954 - 1957Near Huddersfield
BrightonSussex
BristolGlocs
Bristol GoodsGlocs
Broad StreetLondon1919 - 1942
Brompton & FulhamLondon1943 - 1945Special/s only
BrunswickLiverpool1920 - 1957Brunswick Dock or BrunswickCLC
Buchanan Street Glasgow1921 - 1947
BurnleyLancashire1946 - 1953
BurtonStaffs1895 - 1947
BuryLancashire1946 - 1953Sgts Post
CambridgeCambs1946 -
CamdenLondon1915 - 1946
CamphillBirmingham1941 - 1948
Canada DockLiverpool1922 - 1947
Cardiff DocksWales1919 -
CarlisleCumbria1911 -
Carlton Sidings1944 - 1945Special/s only
CarnforthLancashire1945 - 1948Had a War Dept Sidings
CheltenhamDerbyshire1912 -
ChesterCheshire1919 - 1960
ChesterfieldDerbyshire1911 - 1948
CleethorpesLincs1904 -Insp (ACT/OTH/27)
ColchesterEssex1945 - 1969
CollegeGlasgow1926 - 1946
Commercial RoadLondon1918 -Sgt 1927
CoventryW.Mids1919 -
CreweCheshire1920 -
CricklewoodLondon1945 - 1946Special/s only
Curzon StreetBirmingham1922 - 1950
DeansgateManchester1947 - 1953
DerbyDerbyshire1902 -
DoncasterYorkshire
DublinIreland1919 - D/Sgt
Dublin North WallIreland1919 - 1946North Wall Dock built 1860
Ducie StreetManchester1950 - 1952
DumfriesScotland1944 - 1946Special/s only
DundeeScotland1944 -
DurhamNorthumberland1933 - 1935
Ealing BroadwayLondon GWR2008 - 2012Policing the GWR from Ealing to Slough. Part of the Mayor's 50 extra officers pledge.
East HamLondon Underground
EastleighHampshireSee PJ 1/4/15
Edge HillLiverpool1919 - 1954
Edge Hill GoodsLiverpool1964 - 1968
Edge Hill GridLiverpool1966 -
EdinburghScotland
Eglinton StreetScotland1945 - Glasgow
ElderslieScotland1945 - 1946Special/s only
EustonLondon1924 - (Special Branch)
ExchangeLiverpool1922 - 1958
ExchangeManchester1923 -
Exeter1970 -
Fenchurch StreetLondon
Ferry Hill DurhamNorthumberland1954 - 1957
Finsbury ParkLondon1949 -Sgt
ForfarScotland1939 -Special/s only
FormbyLancashire1940 - 1943
Garston DockLiverpool1939 - 1959Special/s only
GatesheadLiverpool1951 - 1964
GermistonScotland1944 - 1946
Glasgow CentralScotland
Glasgow St EnochScotland1940 - 1945Special/s only
GlazebrookLancashire1919 - 1925
GloucesterGlocs1910 -
GooleYorkshire1945 -
GourockScotland1937 - 1946
GovanScotland1941 - 1945Special/s only
GrangemouthScotland1940 - 1945
GreenhillScotland1945 - 1946Special/s only
GreenlawScotland1939 - Special/s only
GreenockScotland1941 - 1946Special/s only
Grimsby DocksEastern Area,
later Humber Ports Division
1846 - 1985Came under the Humber Ports Division from 1964.
Grimsby RailEastern Area1846 -Separated from Grimsby Docks after that came under the Humber Ports Division in 1964.
Guide BridgeManchester1952 - 1958D/Sgt
GuildfordSurrey
GushetfauldsScotland1945 - 1946Special/s only
HalewoodLiverpool1950 - 1954Alex CUSHION
HalifaxYorkshire1896 - 1946Robert Dawson
HammersmithLondon Underground
HarecastleStaffs1920 - 1923later Kidsgrove Station
Heathrow t2/3 London (L Area)1977 -Station below Terminals 2/3 (originally 1,2,3)
Heathrow t5London2008 (?) -Terminal 5 Heathrow Express team
HellifieldYorkshire1945 -Special/s only
HerefordHereford1951 - 1952
HeyshamLancashire1922 -
Hillhouse1944 - 1945Special/s only
HockleyBirmingham1951 - 1955Sgt
HolyheadWales1933 -
Horbury & OssettYorkshire1945 - 1946Special/s only
HuddersfieldYorkshire1918 - 1946
HullYorkshire
Hull DocksYorkshire
Hunslet LeedsYorkshire1944 - Special/s only
Huntingdon1945 - 1945Alfred Edward Davies
Huskisson DockLiverpool1919 - or Huskisson CLC
Immingham DockLincs
Ince MossLancashire1945 - 1946Special/s only Near Wigan
InvernessScotland1941 -
IpswichSuffolk1941 -
JarrowNorthumberland1954 - 1955
KeighleyYorkshire1944 - 1948Special/s only
Kentish TownLondon1920 -
KetteringNorthants1946 -
KilmarnockScotland1942 - 1946
???? - 1980's
Special/s only.
Served as a full BTP post later on.
Kings Cross London
Kings Cross GoodsLondon
Lambeth NorthLondon Underground
LancasterLancashire1944 -
LargsScotland1937 - 1946
Law JunctionScotland1944 - 1946
Lawley StreetBirmingham1933 - 1955
Lea BridgeLondon
LeedsYorkshire1938 -
LeicesterLeicestershire1920 -
Lime StreetLiverpool1912 -
LincolnLincs1947 -
Little IlfordLondon1927 - 1930
Liverpool CentralLiverpool1947 -
Liverpool RoadManchester1921 -
Liverpool StreetLondon
LlandudnoWales1925 - 1933Summer Season Post
LockerbieScotland1945 -
London RoadManchester1943 - 1964
London Road GoodsManchester1943 - 1946
LongsightManchester1945 - 1951
LongtonLancashire1919 -Police Watchmans post 1919
Lostock HallLancashire1945 - 1946Special/s only
Lothian RoadScotland1929 -Edinburgh
LoughboroughLeicestershire1945 - 1946Special/s only
LutonBedfordshire1946 -
MaryleboneLondon1938 -
Marylebone GoodsLondon1949 -Sgt
MexboroughYorkshire1946 - 1947
Midland HotelManchester1943 - 1959D/Sgt
Miles PlattingManchester1945 - 1949
Mold JunctionWales1945 - 1949
MorecambeLancashire1937 - 1950
MorpethNorthumberland1949 - 1954
MostonManchester1945 - Special/s only
MotherwellScotland1941 - 1943
MottramLancashire1948 - 1949
MytholmroydLancashire1945 - 1946
NeasdenLondon1951 - 1954see William Cole
New StreetBirmingham1919 -
Nine ElmsLondon1905 -
NormantonYorkshire1949 - 1955
North DockLiverpool1928 -Sgt
North LeithScotland1944 - 1946
NorthamptonNorthants1899 - 1951
NorthwichCheshire1945 - 1948Special/s only
NorwichNorfolk1908 -
NottinghamNotts1905 - 1943 - Nottingham had a Mobile Squad
Nuneaton1937 - 1944
Oldham Lancashire1960 -Sgts Post
Oldham RoadManchester1943 - 1963
Oxford1952 -
PaddingtonLondon
Paddington GoodsLondon1916 - 1918
PaisleyScotland1939 - 1945Special/s only
Park LaneManchester1933 - 1962
Parkeston QuayEssex1966 -
PerthScotland1945 -
Phillips ParkLancashire1945 - 1947
PlymouthDevon1949 -
PolmadieScotland1945 -
PoplarLondon1919 - 1948
Port GlasgowScotland1945 - 1948
PrestonLancashire1922 -
Regents CanalLondon
Retford1948 - 1954Sgts Post
RhylWales1933 - 1945
Ribble SidingsLancashire1944 -Preston
RobroystonScotland1944 - 1946
Rose GroveLancashire1944 - 1954Coal Sidings
RotherhamYorkshire1937 - 1942
RowsleyDerbyshire1908 - 1949
Royal Mint StreetLondon1949 -Sgt
RugbyWarks1934 - 1949
SalfordLancashire1943 - 1950
SalisburyWiltshire
SaltneyCheshire1948 - 1949Near Chester
Sandock DockLiverpool1923 - 1957
ScarboroughYorkshire1947 - 1951George DANN
SelbyYorkshire1948 - 1953
SheffieldYorkshire1919 -
SheringhamNorfolk1908 - 1911
ShieldhallScotland1941 - 1946Special/s only
Shields JunctionScotland1945 - 1946
ShrewsburySalop1920 -
Silloth DocksCumbria1946 - 1948
SkiptonYorkshire1944 - 1946
SloughBerkshire2008 - 2012
Slough ERUBerkshire2018 -Emergency Response Unit
Snow HillBirmingham
SomerstownLondon1920 - 1922
South LambethLondon1949 -
Southampton DocksHampshire
SouthendEssex1921 -
SouthportLancashire1945 -
Sowerby BridgeYorkshire1944 - 1945Special/s only
Spekeland RoadLiverpool1966 - 1968
Springs Bch WiganLancashire
St EnochScotland1933 -Glasgow
St HelensLiverpool1944 - 1947
St PancrasLondon1915 -
St Pancras GoodsLondon1917 -
St RolloxScotland1936 - 1937
StaffordStaffs1940 - 1948
Stansted AirportEssex1991 - 1992
StarbeckYorkshire1942 - 1949
StirlingScotland
StobcrossScotland1945 -Special/s only
StockportLancashire1945 - 1956
StokeNotts1911 - 1948
StourbridgeWarks1946 - 1950
StranraerScotland1941 -
SunderlandNorthumberland
Swansea Walesm
Swansea DocksWales1949 -
The Grove, WatfordHerts1946 -Railway Training Centre
ThornhillYorkshire1946 - 1947
TilburyEssex1928 - 1964
Toton SidingsDerbyshire1948 - 1949Near Long Eaton
Trafford ParkManchester1945 - 1946
TredegarWales
TroonScotland1940 - 1945Sgt
TweedmouthScotland1937 - 1940Sgt
Tyne DockNorthumberland1950 - 1957
VictoriaLondon
VictoriaManchester
Victoria DockHumberside1925 -1933
WakefieldYorkshire1945 - 1964
Walker GateNorthumberland1942 - 1950 (see Thomas Charlton) also shown as Walkergate
WalsallW. Mids1919 - 1946
Walton SidingsLancashire1923 - 1950aka Walton Junction
WarringtonLancashire1911 - 1949
Warrington StoresLancashire1907 - 1911
Water OrtonBirmingham1954 -
WaterfootLancashire1948 - 1950
Waterloo London
Waterloo DockLiverpool1930 - 1948
WatfordHerts1945 -
WavertreeLiverpool
WellingboroughNorthants1944 - 1945Special/s only
West HamLondon Underground
West HartlepoolNorthumberland1942 - 1961
WhitchurchWales1944 - 1946 Special/s only Cardiff (Ministry of Supply Sidings)
Whitecross StreetLondon1916 - 1948
WhitehavenCumbria1938 - 1951DCs post
WhitmoreCheshire1939 - 1940Special/s only
WickScotland1944 - 1946Special/s only
Widnes1944 -1945 Special/s only
WiganLancashire1931 -
WillesdenLondon
WincobankYorkshire1945 -Sheffield Special/s only
WishanScotland1939 - 1941Jack Cameron
WolverhamptonBirmingham1914 -
Woodford1948 - 1950
Woodhouse MillYorkshire1945 - 1950
WorcesterWarks1908 -
WrexhamWales1950 - 1957
Wyre DockLancashire1920 - Fleetwood
YarmouthNorfolk1920 - 1925
YorkYorkshire