West Timperley railway station was situated on the Cheshire Lines Committee route between Glazebrook and Stockport. It served the locality between 1873 and 1964.

Construction, opening and location of the station

The station was built by the Cheshire Lines Committee

Cheshire Lines Committee

The Cheshire Lines Committee was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain, with 143 route miles. Despite its name, approximately 55% of its system was in Lancashire. In its publicity material it was often styled as the Cheshire Lines Railway...

 (CLC) and opened for passengers on 2 September 1873. It was sometimes referred to as West Timperley for Altrincham and Bowdon in some railway timetables. The station was located immediately west of the A56

A56 road

The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the...

 Manchester Road in West Timperley, just north of the road junction with Lindsell Road, and just south of the point where Timperley Brook runs under Manchester Road. The CLC line was elevated on an embankment here and crossed the A56 by an overbridge.

Railway Map of the Timperley and Altrincham area

To the west the track still exists as far as Partington, where it has been cut off, preventing access across the Manchester Ship Canal. The track to the east continues to Skelton Junction where it joins the Altrincham to Stockport line.

Ownership of the station

The CLC operated the station from 1873 until 1948. From 1 January 1923, the CLC was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway

London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...

 (two-thirds) and the London Midland and Scottish Railway (one-third), but continued to operate as a separate entity. On nationalisation of the UK railway system on 1 January 1948, the station became part of British Railways London Midland Region.

Train service from the station

The CLC operated passenger trains to West Timperley station from Stockport Tiviot Dale

Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station

Stockport Tiviot Dale was one of two main railway stations serving the town of Stockport, Cheshire, England, the other being Stockport Edgeley .-Location and operating companies:...

 in the east, continuing to Warrington Central

Warrington Central railway station

Warrington Central railway station is one of two main railway stations serving the town of Warrington in the north-west of England. It is located on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line , and is situated around halfway between the two cities...

 and Liverpool Central

Liverpool Central railway station

Liverpool Central railway station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, and forms the central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. In the years 2008/09, Liverpool Central station was shown to be the busiest station in Liverpool, despite being...

to the west. Passenger trains on the line were withdrawn by British Railways on 30 November 1964.