Dunham Hill railway station
Dunham Hill railway station was a railway station in Dunham-on-the-Hill, Cheshire. It was opened in 1850 and closed in 1952.[1][2] Near to the station was a branch line leading to the former ROF Dunham on the Hill explosives storage depot.[3] The station buildings were demolished after closure but the platforms remained until the 1970s.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Mickle Trafford | Birkenhead Joint Railway | Helsby |
Dunham Hill | |
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Site of the former station (1994) | |
Location | |
Place | Dunham on the Hill |
Area | Cheshire West and Chester |
Coordinates | 53.2488°N 2.7994°W |
Grid reference | SJ463727 |
Operations | |
Original company | Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Birkenhead Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | Birkenhead Joint Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
18 December 1850 | Opened as Dunham |
April 1861 | Renamed Dunham Hill |
7 April 1952 | Closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
References
- Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Dunham Hill Station
- British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 25-26. ISBN 9781908174406. OCLC 910526793.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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