Tattenhall railway station

Tattenhall railway station was a railway station in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway or Chester-Whitchurch Branch Line, about a mile to the south of Tattenhall junction where the branch line diverged from the North Wales Coast Line running from Chester in the north-west towards Crewe to the south-east.

Tattenhall
General information
LocationTattenhall, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Coordinates53°07′16″N 2°46′46″W / 53.1212°N 2.7795°W / 53.1212; -2.7795
Grid referenceSJ479585
Line(s)Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1872 (1872-10-01)Opened
16 September 1957 (1957-09-16)Closed

History edit

The station was closed in 1957,[1] and the name Tattenhall was transferred to the nearby Tattenhall Road station on the Chester–Crewe line. That station subsequently also closed, in 1966.[2]

Services edit

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Black Dog
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
  Broxton
Line and station closed

References edit

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 416. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. pp. 33, 147–148. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.

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