Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway

Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
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North Wales Coast Line Shrewsbury to Chester Line Roodee Viaduct over River Dee Wirral Line Chester Chester-Manchester Line Mid-Cheshire Line Waverton North Wales Coast Line Tattenhall Broxton Malpas Grindley Brook Halt Welsh Marches Line Whitchurch Oswestry, Ellesmere & Whitchurch Railway Welsh Marches Line

The Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway was a railway line in Cheshire, which ran between Whitchurch and Tattenhall, where it joined the North Wales Coast Line at Tattenhall to terminate in Chester. It was built as part of the London and North Western Railway.

Places served

The line connected the small Cheshire Villages of Malpas, Hampton, Edge, Duckington, Broxton, and Tattenhall with Chester and Whitchurch.

Closure

The line continued to exist until it closed in 1963 for goods traffic, having already lost its passenger service in 1957.

The route today

Today the line's old route intertwines with the current route of the A41 on its journey between Whitchurch and Chester.

Gallery

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  The former trackbed near the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire.

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  A former level crossing on part of the disused near Whitchurch, Shropshire.

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  This was the former junction for the LNWR branch line just north of Whitchurch station.

References

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