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Manchester and Birmingham Railway

Dates

/ /1840	Manchester and Birmingham Railway Opened from Manchester to Stockport.
/ /1842	Manchester and Birmingham Railway Opened from Crewe to Stockport opened
31/12/1845	Railway Clearing House By this date, Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Chester and Birmingham Railway?, Grand Junction Railway, Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Manchester and Birmingham Railway, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and North Union Railway join.
01/01/1846	London and North Western Railway London and Birmingham Railway, Grand Junction Railway and Manchester and Birmingham Railway merge to form the London and North Western Railway.

Locations along the line

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Syndey Bridge Junction

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Sandbach

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Sandbach Branch (North Staffordshire Railway)
Sandbach to Northwich (London and North Western Railway)

Holmes Chapel

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Goostrey

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View across the car park at Goostrey Station, near Jodrell Bank, in May 2015, showing the down side wooden station building now looking rather weather ...
David Pesterfield 16/07/2015

A visit to Goostrey, with that building, is like a step back in time. It's nice to see an old timber construction building survive on a mainline. ...
Ewan Crawford 10/09/2009

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Chelford

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A pair of Class 150s, operated at the time by Arriva Trains Wales, passes Chelford on 25 September 2016. Although the destination blind states ...
John McIntyre 25/09/2016

A Northern Class 323 EMU on a Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly service calls at Chelford on 25 September 2016. ...
John McIntyre 25/09/2016

A Manchester to Milford Haven ATW service has just passed Chelford station and is seen heading towards Crewe on the afternoon of 25 September 2016. It ...
John McIntyre 25/09/2016

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Alderley Edge

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A Northern Class 323 has recently arrived at its destination at Alderley Edge with a service from Manchester Piccadilly on 3 October 2013. The emu is ...
John McIntyre 03/10/2013

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Wilmslow

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Styal Line (London and North Western Railway)

A Manchester Piccadilly - London Euston (via Crewe) Pendolino snakes away from a station stop at Wilmslow on 3 October 2013. ...
John McIntyre 03/10/2013

A Northern service from Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly via the Airport calls at Wilmslow on 3 October 2013. ...
John McIntyre 03/10/2013

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Handforth

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A Manchester to Euston Pendolino passes Handforth on 03 September 2017. The station has an interesting collection of Handforth station signs in the ...
John McIntyre 03/09/2017

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Cheadle [1st]

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Cheadle Hulme

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Macclesfield Branch (Manchester and Birmingham Railway)

323233 departs from Cheadle Hulme with a Stoke on Trent to Manchester Piccadilly service in October 2013. ...
John McIntyre 03/10/2013

An Arriva Trains Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly passes Cheadle Hulme on the line from Crewe in October 2013. The tracks to the right lead to ...
John McIntyre 03/10/2013

On 11th January 2023, the only dry vantage point at Cheadle Hulme was the covered footbridge. 323228 takes the Stoke line at the junction and calls ...
Mark Bartlett 11/01/2023

Second stage of UK Railtours' excursion from Euston, now on its way from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth, passing Cheadle Hulme station on 30th ...
David Bosher 30/04/2016

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Edgeley Junction

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Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway
Edgeley Junction to Northenden Junction (London and North Western Railway)

Stockport

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MkIV DVT 82200 leads a TfW Cardiff to Manchester Piccadilly service as it makes its final station call at Stockport on 11th January 2023. 67013 was ...
Mark Bartlett 11/01/2023

BR Scottish Region's Grand Tour no.4 in 1968 was a day excursion from Edinburgh to Stafford, with an interesting mixture of diesel, steam and electric ...
Robin McGregor 13/04/1968

150113 passes Stockport No.2 signalbox at the north end of the station in October 2022. The unit was on a Manchester Piccadilly to Chester via ...
John McIntyre 25/10/2022

The 1330hrs Piccadilly to Tenby passes the No.2 signal box as it calls at Stockport on 11th January 2023. There are a further 35 intermediate calling ...
Mark Bartlett 11/01/2023

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Heaton Norris

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GBRf 60087 comes off Stockport Viaduct and into the site of Heaton Norris station, signalled to bear right at the junction behind the camera onto the ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

The huge L&NWR goods warehouse at Heaton Norris, immediately to the north of Stockport Viaduct, is still in commercial use and displaying its origins. ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

Seeing this January 2022 trip working of five wagons from Guide Bridge (after repair or examination?) to Tunstead reminded me just how unusual short ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

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Heaton Norris Junction

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Heaton Norris to Guide Bridge Branch (London and North Western Railway)

390040, heading for Piccadilly, passes the still operational Heaton Norris Junction signal box on 20th January 2022. The Denton lines curve away at ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

One of the odd things about the Denton line is that loaded trains from Tunstead can be seen passing in both directions, depending on their final ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

60026, working biomass hoppers from Edge Lane to Drax, swings right at Heaton Norris Junction to take the Denton line on 20th January 2022. Eastbound ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

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Heaton Chapel

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Mid-afternoon shadows in the cutting at Heaton Chapel on 20th January 2022. 331006 is the rear unit of a six-car EMU working from Hazel Grove to ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

390157 hurries through Heaton Chapel heading for Euston on the fast line on 20th January 2022. The large 'Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor' running in ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

The ticket office at Heaton Chapel closed a few minutes before I took this picture, hence the shuttered doorway. The alternative entrance to Platform ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

This distinctive structure at Heaton Chapel is the entrance and covered stairway that leads down to Platform 1 for southbound trains. Further along ...
Mark Bartlett 20/01/2022

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Levenshulme

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Flex unit 769456 calls at Levenshulme on a Southport to Alderley Edge stopping service on 9th August 2021. It was around fifty years since I had ...
Mark Bartlett 09/08/2021

There are two primary routes from Manchester to Chester. Many services run via Earlestown and Warrington but these two Sprinters are taking the ...
Mark Bartlett 09/08/2021

Most of the TfW Class 175s have now been reliveried in white and red but 175106 was still in Arriva colours as it passed through Levenshulme at the ...
Mark Bartlett 12/08/2021

Close up of the power pack of Driving Trailer 77449 of Flex unit 769456, at Levenshulme on 9th August 2021. As a 319 EMU there would have been ...
Mark Bartlett 09/08/2021

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Slade Lane Junction

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Styal Line (London and North Western Railway)

Rushford

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Longsight

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A grubby 66735 'Peterborough United' is nearing the end of its journey from Felixstowe as it comes of the Styal Loop at Slade Lane Junction and passes ...
Mark Bartlett 20/03/2021

70002 has just negotiated the busy line from Trafford Park through Manchester and is about to take the Styal Loop with a late afternoon full ...
Mark Bartlett 23/02/2021

Part of the shed yard at Longsight, Manchester, thought to be in 1959. Nearest the camera is Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45631 Tanganyika with Britannia ...
K A Gray //1959

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Ardwick Goods (LNW)

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Ardwick Junction

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Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Ardwick Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)

Manchester Piccadilly

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Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway

A late afternoon Arriva Trains Wales service to Chester, via Warrington Bank Quay with 175011, stands at platform 14, Manchester Piccadilly in March ...
John McIntyre 21/03/2012

The 1103 hrs to Hadfield, with 323237, waits to depart from platform 2 at Manchester Piccadilly on 2 April 2022. ...
John McIntyre 02/04/2022

As a TPE Class 170 arrives 323229 departs from Manchester Piccadilly with a service to Manchester Airport in May 2007. The Class 170 has moved from ...
John McIntyre 22/05/2007

Network Rails unique Class 950 test train is seen in the Holding Siding on the east side of Manchester Piccadilly in April 2022. The unit has a close ...
John McIntyre 02/04/2022

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Manchester and Birmingham Railway

Dates

Locations along the line

Syndey Bridge Junction

Sandbach

Holmes Chapel

Goostrey

Chelford

Alderley Edge

Wilmslow

Handforth

Cheadle [1st]

Cheadle Hulme

Edgeley Junction

Stockport

Heaton Norris

Heaton Norris Junction

Heaton Chapel

Levenshulme

Slade Lane Junction

Rushford

Longsight

Ardwick Goods (LNW)

Ardwick Junction

Manchester Piccadilly

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