• The Winsford and Over branch line was a railway line serving the town of Winsford, in Cheshire, England. It was operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee...
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  • England. The station was the terminus of the Winsford and Over branch, operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee and later British Railways. Originally opening...
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    Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the...
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    Whitegate railway station was the only intermediate stop on the Winsford and Over Branch Line; it served the village of Whitegate, in Cheshire, England. The...
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  • The Over and Wharton branch line was a railway line serving the town of Winsford in Cheshire. It was owned and operated by the London and North Western...
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  • Over and Wharton railway station was one of three railway stations serving the town of Winsford in Cheshire. The station was the terminus of the Over...
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    closures in the 1960s, there were branch lines with services from the Mid-Cheshire line (see also the Winsford and Over branch). Beeching had no plans to close...
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  • intricately linked with the southern part of the WCML and are also shown in full. A detailed diagram of the line is housed on this page for technical reasons....
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  • 26 Vict. c. cxc), was restricted, being confined to the line to Helsby and a branch to Winsford. Following receipt of its statutory powers, the WCR commenced...
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    now called Chester Millennium Greenway. Winsford and Over Branch Line: Contains a section of regional route 71 and is now called Whitegate Way. The Shropshire...
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    Hadlow Road railway station (category Willaston, Cheshire West and Chester)
    (GWR) and London and North Western Railway (LNWR), opened a single-track branch line from Hooton to Parkgate on 1 October 1866, which included a station at...
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    Middlewich railway station (category Former London and North Western Railway stations)
    Middlewich, in Cheshire, England, between 1868 and 1960. It lay on a branch line between Sandbach and Northwich. The Mid Cheshire Rail Users' Association...
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    Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to...
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    and Tarporley railway station served the Cheshire villages of Tarporley, Tiverton and Beeston. It was originally a stop on the Crewe to Chester line of...
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    Black Dog railway station (category Former London and North Western Railway stations)
    the line was reported on 2 September 1865 when an excursion train ran into a goods train that was shunting wagons. The locomotive was derailed and part...
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  • of the line eventually became part of the West Coast Main Line (WCML). The Wigan Branch Railway obtained an act of Parliament, the Wigan Branch Railway...
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    Ditton railway station (category Former London and North Western Railway stations)
    Hale Road on the border between Ditton and Halebank. The station opened in 1871 on the London-Liverpool line. It replaced an earlier station named Ditton...
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    jointly by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and North Western Railway (LNWR), opened a branch line from Hooton to Parkgate on 1 October 1866...
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    Whitegate, Cheshire (category Cheshire West and Chester)
    railway branched from the Chester to Manchester (via Northwich) line near Cuddington, with a single stop at Whitegate and terminated at Winsford and Over. The...
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    Coast Main Line) Liverpool–Manchester lines (Middle and Southern Routes, including the branch to Warrington Bank Quay) Crewe–Liverpool line (and onward to...
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    Railway (NSR) branch line to Sandbach from Harecastle. The line opened in 1852 to serve the salt and chemical works in the Sandbach area and passenger services...
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    investigated the idea of a junction canal from Winsford to the Middlewich branch of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1830, but felt that water supply...
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  • Cheshire. The station was the terminus of the Helsby branch operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee and later British Railways. It has since been closed...
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  • Stoke on Trent to Congleton loop line. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 1 June 1864 and closed a few days later. Allan. C...
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  • remain. This contrasts with, for example, Winsford, where the High Street was demolished and replaced by Winsford Shopping Centre. However Middlewich has...
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  • named 'Sutton' but renamed Ledsham on the opening of the Hooton to Helsby branch to avoid confusion with the newly built station named Little Sutton. The...
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    England. It was located just north of the 1.25 mile (2 km) Sutton Tunnel and was built as a result of the recommendations of a Board of Trade enquiry...
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  • Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M), a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire...
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    jointly by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and North Western Railway (LNWR), opened a branch line from Hooton to Parkgate on 1 October 1866...
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    It rises through Stanthorne Lock and is then crossed by the West Coast Main Line running between Crewe and Winsford. Beyond the bridge, the River Weaver...
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