Waverton railway station

Waverton was the name of two former railway stations near the village of Waverton, Cheshire that served the Grand Junction Railway and later the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway.

For the station in Sydney, see Waverton railway station, Sydney.

Waverton
Location
Place	Waverton
Area	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53.1662°N 2.8250°W / 53.1662; -2.8250
Grid reference	SJ448636
Operations
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	Two
History
1 October 1840	First station opened
6 June 1898	Station resited
15 June 1959	Second station 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

First station

The original station opened in October 1840, on the Crewe to Chester line built by the Grand Junction Railway. It was initially called "Black Dog",[1] after the nearby pub, before its name was changed to Waverton two years later. The station had a building and two side platforms.[2]

It was situated next to the bridge (53°9′45.41″N 2°49′0.20″W) that carried the London to Birkenhead coach road (today A41). The station was closed in 1898, after the 1st Duke of Westminster had a new station built 0.43 miles (690 m) west of the original site.[2]

Second Station

Site of the second Waverton station with building on the eastbound side (2006)

This station, which opened on the day the first station closed, had two side platforms with matching buildings and canopies. It also had goods sidings. Passengers services ceased in 1959 and the station closed completely six years later.[3]

Today, only part of the eastbound station building remains.[4] The building on the former Chester-bound platform has been demolished.[3]

In 2018 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire opened a bus depot on the former station site.[5]

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chester General Line and station open		London and North Western Railway North Wales Coast line		Tattenhall Road Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Chester General Line and station open		London and North Western Railway Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway		Tattenhall Line and station closed

See also

• Listed buildings in Waverton, Cheshire

References

1. Oppitz 2003, p. 33
2. "Station Name: WAVERTON (1st site)". Disused Stations. 21 August 2009.
3. "Station Name: WAVERTON (2nd site)". Disused Stations. 21 August 2009.
4. Oppitz 2003, pp. 31, 33
5. Chester bus depot shuts to make way for student housing Chester Chronicle 16 April 2018

Sources

• Oppitz, Leslie (2003). Lost Railways of Cheshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 9781853068287. OCLC 55561927.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Stafford to Chester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 97-99. ISBN 9781908174345. OCLC 830024480.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Present-day image of Waverton station