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Chester Liverpool Road railway station 
Site of the former Chester Liverpool Road station in 2005 Location Place Chester Area Cheshire West and Chester Coordinates 53°12′03″N 2°53′42″W / 53.200953°N 2.894964°WCoordinates: 53°12′03″N 2°53′42″W / 53.200953°N 2.894964°W Grid reference SJ405669 Operations Original company Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Pre-grouping Great Central Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Platforms 4 History March 31, 1890 Station opened April 5, 1965 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–ZChester Liverpool Road was a station on the former Chester & Connah's Quay Railway between Chester Northgate and Hawarden Bridge. It was located at the junction of Liverpool Road and Brook Lane in Chester.
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History
The station was opened on March 31, 1890 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (which was renamed Great Central Railway in 1897). The station had an island with two adjacent side platforms because it served two routes. Services from North Wales or Liverpool (using the Great Central Railway) could either terminate at Chester Northgate Station, the Chester terminus of the Cheshire Lines Committee, or continue on the through line to Manchester Central. The through lines, which linked Dee Marsh junction to the CLC route to Manchester, passed to the north of the island platform, whereas the branch lines that ran to Chester Northgate went to the south of the island platform.
The station's four platforms were used as follows:
- for westbound trains leaving Chester Northgate for North Wales or Liverpool (side)
- for eastbound trains terminating at Chester Northgate (island).
- for westbound through trains for North Wales or Liverpool (island).
- for eastbound through trains bound for Manchester (side).
Chester Liverpool Road also had a goods yard with sidings.[1]
Passenger services ceased on December 1951. The station was completely closed April 5, 1965.
Even though steelmaking operations at the Corus plant at Shotton ceased in March 1980,[2] freight continued to pass the former station on a double-tracked line until 20 April 1984. Goods services resumed on a single-track line on 31 August 1986 before final closure in the early 1990s.[1][3]. The trackbed is now a cycle way.
The station was demolished in the 1970s. The site then became a coal yard. In the 2000s the area was completely redeveloped for a fitness centre.
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Chester Northgate Chester & Connah's Quay Railway
GCRBlacon References
- ^ a b "Station Name: CHESTER LIVERPOOL ROAD". Disused Stations. 2009-08-14. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/c/chester_liverpool_road/index.shtml.
- ^ "Shotton Steelworks and Garden City". http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/flintshire/pages/steel.shtml. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. p. 111. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.
External links
- Images of the line in its final operating days
- Liverpool Road station on Subterranea Britannica disused stations site
Closed railway stations in Cheshire St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway Birkenhead Railway Chester to Crewe Waverton · Tattenhall Road · Beeston Castle and Tarporley · Calveley · WorlestonMacclesfield to Marple Bollington · Higher Poynton · Middlewood HigherNorthwich to Sandbach Winsford and Over Branch Line Whitegate · Winsford and OverWhitchurch and Tattenhall Railway Sandbach to Kidsgrove Wheelock and Sandbach · Hassall Green · LawtonWarrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Warrington Arpley · Latchford · Thelwall · Lymm · Heatley & WarburtonMid-Cheshire Line Chester & Connah's Quay Railway Helsby to Mouldsworth Junction Helsby and Alvanley · ManleyNantwich to Market Drayton Wirral Line Other stations Alsager Road · Balderton · Betley Road · Bosley · Burton Point · Collins Green · Culcheth · Ditton · Macclesfield Hibel Road · Minshull Vernon · Moore · Mow Cop and Scholar Green · Newchurch Halt · North Rode · Over and Wharton · Preston Brook · Radway Green and Barthomley · Sutton Weaver · WillastonCategories:- Disused railway stations in Cheshire
- Railway stations opened in 1890
- Railway stations closed in 1968
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