Over and Wharton railway station
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Over and Wharton | |
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General information | |
Location | Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester England |
Coordinates | 53°11′38″N 2°30′52″W / 53.1940°N 2.5145°W |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
3 July 1882 | Opened |
1 January 1917[1] | closed |
17 July 1920 | reopened |
16 June 1947 | Closed to passengers |
March 1991[2] | Closed completely |
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 and Wharton branch line, a short branch off the West Coast Main Line operated by the London and North Western Railway and later the London Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways.
Decline and closure
The passenger service, which was always meagre and in general did not offer good connections with other services, was eventually withdrawn and the station closed to passengers on 16 June 1947[3] Goods traffic survived nationalisation and the station remained open for mainly rock salt traffic until March 1991
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | London and North Western Railway Over and Wharton branch line |
Hartford |
See also
Notes
- ^ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/o/over_and_wharton/index.shtml Over & Wharton station on the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website
- ^ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/o/over_and_wharton/index.shtml Over & Wharton station on the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website
- ^ Wilkinson, p. 93
References
- Hitches, Mike (1994), Cheshire Railways in Old Photographs, Alan Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-0756-8
- Wilkinson, Alan. Railways Across Mid-Cheshire. Scenes from the Past. Vol. 41. Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-66-5.
External links
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- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920
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