Cheadle Hulme railway station
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Cheadle Hulme railway station is an open triangular railway station
serving Cheadle Hulme
in Greater Manchester
. It is located on the West Coast Main Line
and is included in Network Rail
Route 20 (North West Urban). The station is in Cheadle Hulme's District Centre and is operated by Northern Rail
.
Cheadle Hulme's first railway station opened in 1842, when the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
to Crewe
was completed. With the extension of the line to Macclesfield
(and later Stoke-on-Trent
), a new station opened in 1845 which has served the area since. The railway had a major impact on the area, transforming it from a collection of small hamlets
into a suburb of over 29,000 people.
The station remains an important part of the community, and is regularly discussed in local community meetings (known as the Cheadle Hulme Partnership). It is staffed part-time; there are no facilities other than waiting rooms and the ticket office; the closest station with more facilities is Stockport. In 2011 a major building programme was carried out, with the construction of pedestrian bridges linking all four platforms, and lifts enabling some disabled access.
In 1833 Parliament
approved the Grand Junction Railway
, a railway line to connect Manchester
and Birmingham
. It opened in 1837, after proposals had been made for more direct routes in 1830 and 1835. The earlier schemes attracted little interest, but two proposals were put forward in late 1835. The two companies, based in Manchester and Birmingham, had to negotiate with each other to develop the proposals, and they were altered somewhat over the next two years. In 1837 Parliament approved the final plans for lines to Crewe and Stoke. The companies merged to become the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
company, and the first part of the line opened in June 1840. It originally ran from a temporary station at Travis Street in Manchester, to a station in Heaton Norris just north of Stockport. A large viaduct
was built over the River Mersey
, and opened to trains on 10 May 1842. It allowed services to be extended to Sandbach
; in the following August they reached Crewe. Also at this time, a new station opened to serve as the line's northern terminus; it later became Manchester Piccadilly. Edgeley railway station
opened in February 1843 in response to complaints that the Heaton Norris station was "too inconvenient", and it soon became Stockport's busiest station. Three years later in 1846 the Manchester and Birmingham Railway company merged with two other companies to become the London and North Western Railway
.
The original Cheadle Hulme railway station on the Crewe line, about 0.3 mile (0.482802 km) south-west of the current structure, was known simply as "Cheadle". It was in use from May 1842, following the opening of the viaduct. The station building, opposite the Hesketh Tavern public house
, is now a private residence. It included a structure from which tickets were sold, and in the window of which a candle was lit to act as a signal during the hours of darkness. This structure, however, no longer exists.
When plans were made for a line to Stoke-on-Trent, it was originally intended for a branch
to be built from Stockport to Macclesfield. Instead, the junction was built south at Cheadle Hulme. The line was constructed over four years: it opened for goods traffic as far as Poynton
in June 1845, and on 24 November it reached Macclesfield and was opened to the public. In June 1846 Parliament authorised the completion of the line to Stoke-on-Trent. By June 1849 the section between Congleton
and Macclesfield was completed and the line was finished.
After the Stoke line opened, the station was rebuilt north-east at the junction so it could serve both lines. The new station opened on 9 June 1845; at first, southbound services ran to Crewe and Poynton. By November the line had been extended to Macclesfield, and by 1849, when the original station closed, it had reached Stoke-on-Trent. The new station had four platforms, and was served by trains running between Manchester and Crewe or Stoke-on-Trent. It was renamed Cheadle Hulme in 1866, to avoid confusion with Cheadle LNW railway station
which opened the same year.
Before the arrival of the railway, Cheadle Hulme was a rural and agricultural cluster of hamlets. The railway brought a huge influx of people to the area, and provided opportunities for residents to work in places such as Manchester. Cheadle Hulme gradually grew to become a large suburb of over 29,000 people thanks to the railway.
A train derailment
occurred at the station on 28 May 1964. The bridge which carried trains to Macclesfield and Stoke was in the process of being reconstructed, and trains passing over it were restricted to a temporary speed limit of 10 miles per hour (16.1 km/h). A special train carrying a school party of 234 from Gnosall
to York
, travelling on the Macclesfield line towards Manchester, took the curve at a speed in excess of the temporary restriction and several coaches derailed. Three people, including two children, were killed and 27 were injured. A hearing determined that the train's excessive speed had caused the derailment and that the train driver had been unaware of any speed limit.
In July 1969, there was another derailment near Cheadle Hulme involving a freight diesel locomotive. It injured no one but blocked services to Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent for several hours.
The original station, as it remains in 2009, was sited above road level. The station office was located on the platform "island" that forms platforms 2 and 3, which were accessed by a flight of stairs where the ticket office is now. Passengers accessed the other two platforms by a footbridge, which was removed after the lines were electrified
. Cheadle Hulme was also used as a goods depot until 31 October 1964, when goods trains were withdrawn. The goods yard is now a car park
.
The lines to Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent were electrified in 1960 and 1967 respectively. In 1963, due to the growing amount of traffic travelling down Station Road, it was decided that the parts of the road that pass under the bridges should be widened, as they were becoming a "bottleneck". The bridge carrying the line to Stoke was upgraded first. The road under it was more than doubled in width, and the bridge height was increased by 3 foot (0.9144 m) allowing double-decker bus
es to pass underneath.
Work on the second bridge commenced on 8 June 1965, increasing the height and width in accordance with Ministry of Transport requirements. Around this time, the station itself was upgraded: the platforms were demolished and replaced, and new waiting shelters were erected. A new booking office, facing Station Road and approached by a flight of stairs, was built alongside a new booking lobby, toilets and staff accommodation. New entrances to the platforms were built, and the entire station was installed with electric lighting. Station Road was significantly widened and rerouted slightly in 1967 in a further attempt to accommodate increasing traffic.
Following the privatisation of British Rail
, the station operation was taken over by Railtrack
, and later First North Western
until 2004 when it was taken over by Northern Rail. In 1996 Railtrack launched a £1 billion programme to restore and renovate every station it operated. Cheadle Hulme had £1.2 million spent on repairs to its platforms, buildings and waiting shelters, and new lighting installed throughout the station. Stephen Day
, the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Cheadle Hulme, opened the updated station in March 1998. The junction itself was revamped in 2000 and the signal box was removed, having been superseded by a central signalling point at Stockport station. In 2011, major work was carried out after years of campaigns, with the construction of pedestrian bridges connecting all four platforms, and lifts enabling disabled access to the platforms.
The station's four platforms are all accessed via stairs – access to platform 1 is next to Pimlott's butchers, access to platforms 2 and 3 is through the ticket office, and access to platform 4 is near the Cheadle Hulme public house
. The station and the bridges are a regular item on the agenda for local partnership meetings; for example, there are plans for the appearance of the bridges to be improved. During the financial year 2007/08 passengers used the station 424,000 times, an increase of 47,000 from the previous year.
Northern Rail
provides passenger services. Three trains per hour run northeastwards to Stockport
, Heaton Chapel
, Levenshulme
and Manchester Piccadilly. In the other direction, trains run hourly on the Stoke line and serve stations in Bramhall
, Poynton
, Adlington
, Prestbury
, Macclesfield
, Congleton
, Kidsgrove
, and Stoke-on-Trent
. On the Crewe line, one train per hour serves Handforth
, Wilmslow
and Alderley Edge
stations, and one train per hour serves the same stations and continues to Chelford
, Goostrey
, Holmes Chapel
, Sandbach
and Crewe
.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
serving Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle Hulme is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southwest of Stockport and southeast of the city of Manchester. It lies in the Ladybrook Valley on the Cheshire Plain, and the drift consists mostly of boulder clay, sands and gravels...
in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
. It is located on the West Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line is the busiest mixed-traffic railway route in Britain, being the country's most important rail backbone in terms of population served. Fast, long-distance inter-city passenger services are provided between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the...
and is included in Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
Route 20 (North West Urban). The station is in Cheadle Hulme's District Centre and is operated by Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
.
Cheadle Hulme's first railway station opened in 1842, when the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Manchester and Birmingham Railway
The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe and opened in stages from 1840. Between Crewe and Birmingham, trains were worked by the Grand Junction Railway...
to Crewe
Crewe railway station
Crewe railway station was completed in 1837 and is one of the most historic railway stations in the world. Built in fields near to Crewe Hall, it originally served the village of Crewe with a population of just 70 residents...
was completed. With the extension of the line to Macclesfield
Macclesfield railway station
Macclesfield railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire town of Macclesfield. It lies on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line, in the United Kingdom....
(and later Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent railway station
Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station is a main-line railway station in central England. It is located on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line and serves the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent...
), a new station opened in 1845 which has served the area since. The railway had a major impact on the area, transforming it from a collection of small hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
into a suburb of over 29,000 people.
The station remains an important part of the community, and is regularly discussed in local community meetings (known as the Cheadle Hulme Partnership). It is staffed part-time; there are no facilities other than waiting rooms and the ticket office; the closest station with more facilities is Stockport. In 2011 a major building programme was carried out, with the construction of pedestrian bridges linking all four platforms, and lifts enabling some disabled access.
Background
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
approved the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway
The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was merged into the London and North Western Railway...
, a railway line to connect Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
. It opened in 1837, after proposals had been made for more direct routes in 1830 and 1835. The earlier schemes attracted little interest, but two proposals were put forward in late 1835. The two companies, based in Manchester and Birmingham, had to negotiate with each other to develop the proposals, and they were altered somewhat over the next two years. In 1837 Parliament approved the final plans for lines to Crewe and Stoke. The companies merged to become the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Manchester and Birmingham Railway
The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe and opened in stages from 1840. Between Crewe and Birmingham, trains were worked by the Grand Junction Railway...
company, and the first part of the line opened in June 1840. It originally ran from a temporary station at Travis Street in Manchester, to a station in Heaton Norris just north of Stockport. A large viaduct
Stockport Viaduct
The Stockport Viaduct is a large brick-built bridge which carries a main railway line across the valley of the River Mersey, inStockport, Greater Manchester .Designed by George Watson Buck and completed in 1840, the viaduct is high...
was built over the River Mersey
River Mersey
The River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
, and opened to trains on 10 May 1842. It allowed services to be extended to Sandbach
Sandbach railway station
Sandbach railway station serves the town of Sandbach in Cheshire, England. The station is 8 km north east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line....
; in the following August they reached Crewe. Also at this time, a new station opened to serve as the line's northern terminus; it later became Manchester Piccadilly. Edgeley railway station
Stockport railway station
Stockport railway station is in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston. It was opened on 15 February 1843 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, following completion of the large...
opened in February 1843 in response to complaints that the Heaton Norris station was "too inconvenient", and it soon became Stockport's busiest station. Three years later in 1846 the Manchester and Birmingham Railway company merged with two other companies to become the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
.
Cheadle station
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
, is now a private residence. It included a structure from which tickets were sold, and in the window of which a candle was lit to act as a signal during the hours of darkness. This structure, however, no longer exists.
When plans were made for a line to Stoke-on-Trent, it was originally intended for a branch
Branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line...
to be built from Stockport to Macclesfield. Instead, the junction was built south at Cheadle Hulme. The line was constructed over four years: it opened for goods traffic as far as Poynton
Poynton railway station
Poynton railway station serves the town of Poynton in Cheshire, England.The station has listed building status because it was built in 1887.It has been adopted by Brookside Garden Centre who maintain the garden....
in June 1845, and on 24 November it reached Macclesfield and was opened to the public. In June 1846 Parliament authorised the completion of the line to Stoke-on-Trent. By June 1849 the section between Congleton
Congleton railway station
Congleton railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire town of Congleton. It lies on the Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent branch of the West Coast Main Line, in the United Kingdom....
and Macclesfield was completed and the line was finished.
New station
Cheadle LNW railway station
Cheadle LNW railway station was a railway station that served Cheadle, Cheshire between 1866 and its closure in 1917.-Construction, location and facilities:The London and North Western Railway completed its line from Stockport Edgeley to Northenden in 1866...
which opened the same year.
Before the arrival of the railway, Cheadle Hulme was a rural and agricultural cluster of hamlets. The railway brought a huge influx of people to the area, and provided opportunities for residents to work in places such as Manchester. Cheadle Hulme gradually grew to become a large suburb of over 29,000 people thanks to the railway.
Derailments
Derailment
A derailment is an accident on a railway or tramway in which a rail vehicle, or part or all of a train, leaves the tracks on which it is travelling, with consequent damage and in many cases injury and/or death....
occurred at the station on 28 May 1964. The bridge which carried trains to Macclesfield and Stoke was in the process of being reconstructed, and trains passing over it were restricted to a temporary speed limit of 10 miles per hour (16.1 km/h). A special train carrying a school party of 234 from Gnosall
Gnosall
Gnosall is a large village in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, with a population of approximately 5,000. It lies on the A518, approximately half-way between the towns of Newport and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford...
to York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
, travelling on the Macclesfield line towards Manchester, took the curve at a speed in excess of the temporary restriction and several coaches derailed. Three people, including two children, were killed and 27 were injured. A hearing determined that the train's excessive speed had caused the derailment and that the train driver had been unaware of any speed limit.
In July 1969, there was another derailment near Cheadle Hulme involving a freight diesel locomotive. It injured no one but blocked services to Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent for several hours.
Alterations
Railway electrification system
A railway electrification system supplies electrical energy to railway locomotives and multiple units as well as trams so that they can operate without having an on-board prime mover. There are several different electrification systems in use throughout the world...
. Cheadle Hulme was also used as a goods depot until 31 October 1964, when goods trains were withdrawn. The goods yard is now a car park
Parking lot
A parking lot , also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
.
The lines to Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent were electrified in 1960 and 1967 respectively. In 1963, due to the growing amount of traffic travelling down Station Road, it was decided that the parts of the road that pass under the bridges should be widened, as they were becoming a "bottleneck". The bridge carrying the line to Stoke was upgraded first. The road under it was more than doubled in width, and the bridge height was increased by 3 foot (0.9144 m) allowing double-decker bus
Double-decker bus
A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...
es to pass underneath.
Work on the second bridge commenced on 8 June 1965, increasing the height and width in accordance with Ministry of Transport requirements. Around this time, the station itself was upgraded: the platforms were demolished and replaced, and new waiting shelters were erected. A new booking office, facing Station Road and approached by a flight of stairs, was built alongside a new booking lobby, toilets and staff accommodation. New entrances to the platforms were built, and the entire station was installed with electric lighting. Station Road was significantly widened and rerouted slightly in 1967 in a further attempt to accommodate increasing traffic.
Following the privatisation of British Rail
Privatisation of British Rail
The privatisation of British Rail was set in motion when the Conservative government enacted, on 19 January 1993, the British Coal and British Rail Act 1993 . This enabled the relevant Secretary of State to issue directions to the relevant Board...
, the station operation was taken over by Railtrack
Railtrack
Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002...
, and later First North Western
First North Western
First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. It operated from 1997 to 2004.The company when first privatised was known as North Western Trains and was owned by Great Western Holdings, a partnership between Great Western's management, First...
until 2004 when it was taken over by Northern Rail. In 1996 Railtrack launched a £1 billion programme to restore and renovate every station it operated. Cheadle Hulme had £1.2 million spent on repairs to its platforms, buildings and waiting shelters, and new lighting installed throughout the station. Stephen Day
Stephen Day (MP)
Stephen Richard Day is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a former Member of Parliament .He was the Conservative candidate for Bradford West at the 1983 general election, before being elected as MP for Cheadle from 1987 to 2001, when he lost his seat by 33 votes, the...
, the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Cheadle Hulme, opened the updated station in March 1998. The junction itself was revamped in 2000 and the signal box was removed, having been superseded by a central signalling point at Stockport station. In 2011, major work was carried out after years of campaigns, with the construction of pedestrian bridges connecting all four platforms, and lifts enabling disabled access to the platforms.
Services
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
. The station and the bridges are a regular item on the agenda for local partnership meetings; for example, there are plans for the appearance of the bridges to be improved. During the financial year 2007/08 passengers used the station 424,000 times, an increase of 47,000 from the previous year.
Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
provides passenger services. Three trains per hour run northeastwards to Stockport
Stockport railway station
Stockport railway station is in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston. It was opened on 15 February 1843 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, following completion of the large...
, Heaton Chapel
Heaton Chapel railway station
Heaton Chapel railway station serves the Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor districts of Stockport, in Greater Manchester.The station is 7 km south of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport...
, Levenshulme
Levenshulme railway station
Levenshulme railway station serves the Levenshulme area of the city of Manchester, England. The station is south east of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport....
and Manchester Piccadilly. In the other direction, trains run hourly on the Stoke line and serve stations in Bramhall
Bramhall railway station
Bramhall railway station serves the district of Bramhall in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The station is 16 km south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Stafford to Manchester Line, and was opened in 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.-Services:There...
, Poynton
Poynton railway station
Poynton railway station serves the town of Poynton in Cheshire, England.The station has listed building status because it was built in 1887.It has been adopted by Brookside Garden Centre who maintain the garden....
, Adlington
Adlington (Cheshire) railway station
Adlington railway station serves the village of Adlington in Cheshire.It was manned for many years but is now unstaffed. The station building is now privately owned and there is no longer a ticket machine, so passengers must purchase their ticket on the train.-History:Opened by the London and...
, Prestbury
Prestbury railway station
Prestbury railway station, is an unstaffed station which serves the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 24 November 1845 by the London & North Western Railway....
, Macclesfield
Macclesfield railway station
Macclesfield railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire town of Macclesfield. It lies on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line, in the United Kingdom....
, Congleton
Congleton railway station
Congleton railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire town of Congleton. It lies on the Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent branch of the West Coast Main Line, in the United Kingdom....
, Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove railway station
Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The station is 12 km north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line...
, and Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent railway station
Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station is a main-line railway station in central England. It is located on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line and serves the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent...
. On the Crewe line, one train per hour serves Handforth
Handforth railway station
Handforth railway station serves the village of Handforth in the English County of Cheshire.-Services:The station opened on 10 May 1842. The northbound platform was previously situated approximately 75m north of its current location...
, Wilmslow
Wilmslow railway station
Wilmslow railway station serves the large town of Wilmslow, in the borough of Macclesfield and the county of Cheshire, England. The station is south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line....
and Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge railway station
Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge in Cheshire, England. The station is 22 km south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line .-History:...
stations, and one train per hour serves the same stations and continues to Chelford
Chelford railway station
Chelford railway station serves the village of Chelford in Cheshire, England. The station is 23 km north of Crewe on the Manchester-Crewe Line.-1894 rail crash:...
, Goostrey
Goostrey railway station
Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire. The station is on the Crewe to Manchester Line 16 km north east of Crewe.-Service:...
, Holmes Chapel
Holmes Chapel railway station
Holmes Chapel railway station serves the town of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, England. The station is 14 km north east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line.-Service:...
, Sandbach
Sandbach railway station
Sandbach railway station serves the town of Sandbach in Cheshire, England. The station is 8 km north east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line....
and Crewe
Crewe railway station
Crewe railway station was completed in 1837 and is one of the most historic railway stations in the world. Built in fields near to Crewe Hall, it originally served the village of Crewe with a population of just 70 residents...
.