- Chester-Manchester Line
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Helsby
Frodsham
Runcorn East
Warrington Bank Quay
Earlestown
Newton-le-Willows
Patricroft
Eccles
Deansgate"'
Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Piccadilly rail-interchange|manchester
There are two Chester to Manchester Lines between the cities ofChester andManchester inNorth West England .Description
Both routes to Manchester share the Chester to Crewe line for a short distance to Brook Lane Junction where the Manchester lines diverge to Mickle Trafford at which point the southern route of the
Cheshire Lines Committee (see theMid-Cheshire Line ) diverges south-easterly to Mouldsworth whilst the considerably older route built by theLondon and North Western Railway continues toHelsby (junction fromEllesmere Port ),Frodsham , Runcorn East (junction for theHalton Curve ). Then through the Sutton Tunnel (over a mile long) and northwards alongside theWest Coast Main Line intoWarrington Bank Quay railway station .From
Warrington the route follows the originalGrand Junction Railway route northwards through Winwick Junction to Earlestown where it joins George Stephenson's originalLiverpool and Manchester Railway , which was the world's first inter-city railway, having opened in 1830. From here this venerable route is viaNewton-le-Willows ,Patricroft andEccles and then either via the earlier route toManchester Victoria station or, as at present, via Ordsall Lane and Castlefield junctions, joining theManchester to Preston Line and on to Deansgate, Manchester Oxford Road andManchester Piccadilly station at platforms 13 & 14.ervices
Arriva Trains Wales operate an hourly service throughout betweenManchester andChester (no trains stop at Patricroft, Eccles or Deansgate, which are served byLiverpool to Manchester Lines ) and onwards calling at all stations toLlandudno on theNorth Wales Coast Line .Class 175 units are primarily used for the services between Manchester and North Wales, using the northern section through Warrington Bank Quay and Frodsham.
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