Baguley railway station

Baguley railway station was a station on the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJ) and was opened on 1 February 1866. From 15 August 1867 the ST&AJ became part of the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) and from 1 January 1923, the CLC was jointly owned by the LNER and LMSR. The station was situated at the extreme western edge of Baguley, near the southern end of Brooklands Road and where Shady Lane crossed the railway.

Baguley station was served by local passenger trains from Stockport Tiviot Dale to Warrington Central and Liverpool Central stations. For most of its existence, the passenger trains were hauled by steam locomotives, but for a period up to the Second World War, some services were performed by the CLC's Sentinel steam railcars. The station closed on 30 November 1964 when passenger trains were withdrawn by British Railways.

Passenger trains still pass through the site, but these are now from Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport railway station and Altrincham, thence via Northwich to Chester. Freight trains also operate through Baguley, including heavy block trains carrying limestone from quarries at Tunstead (near Buxton) to alkali works at Northwich.

Proposals have been made to reopen a station in the Baguley area if and when an extension to the Metrolink to Wythenshawe and/or Manchester Airport is actioned.

References

* The Directory of Railway Stations, R.V.J. Butt, PSL, 1995, ISBN 1 85260 508 1
* Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Christopher Awdry, Guild Publishing, 1990
* The Cheshire Lines Railway, R.P.Griffiths, The Oakwood Press, 1978