Tattenhall railway station

Tattenhall railway station was a railway station in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway or Chester-Whitchurch Branch Line, about a mile to the south of Tattenhall junction where the branch line diverged from the North Wales Coast Line running from Chester in the north-west towards Crewe to the south-east.

Tattenhall
Location
PlaceTattenhall
AreaCheshire West and Chester
Coordinates53.1212°N 2.7795°W / 53.1212; -2.7795
Grid referenceSJ479585
Operations
LineWhitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
1 October 1872 (1872-10-01)Opened
16 September 1957 (1957-09-16)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

History

The station was closed in 1957, and the name Tattenhall was transferred to the nearby Tattenhall Road station on the Chester–Crewe line. That station subsequently also closed, in 1966.[1]

Services

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Waverton
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
  Broxton
Line and station closed
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References

  1. Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. pp. 33, 147–148. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.


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