The other alteration to the route, promulgated under the 1866 Act, was as the result of Warrington residents agitating to have the railway come closer to the town centre. The 1865 plan had Warrington station positioned to the north not opened on the "straight route", halfway between and stations in a direct line; this would have been about further from the town. A loop was constructed into the town and and goods yard was constructed on it. The loop and station opened in 1873; the direct route, otherwise known as the "Warrington avoiding line", was not opened until 1883. In 1897 an impressive two-storey brick goods warehouse was built in the goods yard, superseding an earlier smaller structure.