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Over and Wharton Location Place Winsford Area Cheshire Coordinates 53°11′38″N 2°30′52″W / 53.1940°N 2.5145°WCoordinates: 53°11′38″N 2°30′52″W / 53.1940°N 2.5145°W Operations Original company London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Platforms 1 History July 3, 1882 Opened June 16, 1947 Closed to passengers June 10, 1968 Closed completedly Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZOver and Wharton railway station was one of three railway stations serving the town of Winsford in Cheshire. The station was the terminus of the Over and Wharton branch line, a short branch off the West Coast main line operated by the London and North Western Railway and later the London Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways.
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Decline and closure
The passenger service, which was always meagre and in general did not offer good connections with other services, was eventually withdrawn and the station closed to passengers on June 16, 1947[1]. Goods traffic survived nationalisation and the station remained open to goods until June 10, 1968[2].
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Preceding station Disused railways Following station Terminus London and North Western Railway
Over and Wharton branch lineHartford See also
- Winsford railway station
- Winsford and Over railway station
Notes
- ^ Wilkinson d.u., p. 93
- ^ Wilkinson d.u., p. 96
References
- Hitches, Mike (1994), Cheshire Railways in Old Photographs, Alan Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-0756-8
- Wilkinson, Alan (d.u.), Scenes from the Past: 41 (part One) - Railways Across Mid-Cheshire, Foxline, ISBN 1-970119-55-5
External links
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