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
Mickle Trafford		Birkenhead Joint Railway		Helsby

Dunham Hill
Site of the former station (1994)
Location
Place	Dunham on the Hill
Area	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53.2488°N 2.7994°W / 53.2488; -2.7994
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 (1850-12-18)	Opened as Dunham
April 1861	Renamed Dunham Hill
7 April 1952 (1952-04-07)	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

1. Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Dunham Hill Station
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
3. "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)