RAILSCOT | Manchester to Cressington Junction Line (Cheshire Lines Committee)

Manchester to Cressington Junction Line (Cheshire Lines Committee)

Dates

/ /2006	Ditton, Runcorn Gap and Dutton Line and Edge Hll to Speke Line (London and North Western Railway) Manchester to Cressington Junction Line (Cheshire Lines Committee) Liverpool South Parkway opened with platforms on both lines.
/ /2009	Manchester to Cressington Junction Line (Cheshire Lines Committee) Allerton TMD mothballed by DB Schenker.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Garston to Manchester

Cressington

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Garston and Liverpool Railway

2019 will be the last year of full 507/508 operations on Merseyrail as their replacements should begin to take over services. Two Class 508s meet at ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

The station building at Cressington viewed from the roadway. The platforms are below in a cutting. ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

The attractively maintained station in the leafy suburb of Cressington. ...
David Panton 29/06/2016

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Garston

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Viewed from the platform at Liverpool South Parkway, 507008 approaches heading for Hunts Cross on 7th December 2022. The EMU is passing through the ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022

Be afraid...be very afraid... The ladies of Garston, on the St Albans Abbey Branch, prepare themselves for the arrival of their British Rail ...
Ian Dinmore //

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Hunts Cross Junction

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Hunts Cross

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Hunts Cross and Halewood to Aintree and Huskisson Line (Cheshire Lines Committee)

507013 with its yellow background livery awaits the green signal at Hunts Cross with the 12.21 to Southport. There are six versions of the vinyls, ...
Don Chattwood 24/09/2022

During engineering work at Liverpool Lime Street, Northern services from Manchester over the Cheshire Lines were terminated at Hunts Cross. Here ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2017

With the rebuilding of Liverpool Lime Street, trains from Manchester Oxford Road via Warrington were terminating at Hunts Cross on 20 October 2017. ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2017

Two Merseyrail Class 507s roll into Platform 3 at Hunts Cross with a service from Southport on 22nd September 2018. Like their Scottish Class 314 ...
Mark Bartlett 22/09/2018

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I searched in vain for the blue plaques at Widnes station that commemorated Paul Simon being inspired to write the lyrics of 'Homeward Bound' here. ...
Mark Bartlett 22/09/2018

An afternoon Manchester to Liverpool via Warrington Central stopping service arrives at Widnes on 22 March 2019. ...
John McIntyre 22/03/2019

From opening in 1873 through to 1959, the present Widnes station was known as Farnworth (Widnes) after the village, which is now a suburb of the town. ...
Mark Bartlett 22/09/2018

A pair of East Midlands Class 158s calling at Widnes station on 4 November 2014 with a Norwich to Liverpool service. ...
John McIntyre 04/11/2014

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Widnes West Junction

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Widnes Railway (Sheffield and Midland Committee)

Widnes East Junction

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Widnes Railway (Sheffield and Midland Committee)

Sankey for Penketh

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Sankey for Penketh, despite the former BR sign on the down platform building displaying plain Sankey. Seen from the rather quiet station car park on ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

A Manchester to Liverpool service with 195105 passes Sankey for Penketh on 28 December 2019. ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

150143 on a Manchester to Liverpool via Warrington Central service pass Sankey for Penketh station on 28 December 2019. With the opening of Warrington ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48033 calls at Sankey station on the west side of Warrington with the LCGB Two Cities Limited railtour on 23 June 1968. The ...
K A Gray 23/06/1968

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Warrington West

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EMR Regional 1L09 service from Liverpool to Norwich passes the recently opened Warrington West station with 158788 and 156473 on 28 December 2019. ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

A view of Warrington West station from the top of the steps down to the eastbound platform on 28 December 2019. ...
John McIntyre 28/12/2019

21st Century railway architecture is certainly different from that of the older stations. Hopefully this example of the station building at Warrington ...
B A Cairns 03/10/2019

The site for the new Warrington West railway station and bus interchange seen on 06 May 2018 with a Northern service from Manchester to Liverpool via ...
John McIntyre 06/05/2018

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Sankey Junction

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Warrington Central

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A TPE service from Liverpool to Scarborough crosses the viaduct on the approach to Warrington Central on 03 March 2010. ...
John McIntyre 03/03/2010

A pair of East Midlands class 158s making a stop at Warrington Central on 4 November 2014 with a service from Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich. ...
John McIntyre 04/11/2014

A DMU boarding at Warrington Central in August 1988. ...
Ian Dinmore /08/1988

Looking at the north side of Warrington Central station from the station forecourt on 3 March 2010. Most of the building is now used by YMCA Training ...
John McIntyre 03/03/2010

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Padgate Junction

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Padgate

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A limited stop Northern Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road service with 195132 passes Padgate on 25 October 2022. ...
John McIntyre 25/10/2022

150106 passes Padgate on 25 October 2022 with a Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool Lime Street service. On the left is a very smart former SR GUV ...
John McIntyre 25/10/2022

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Birchwood

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An EMR service hurries west passing Birchwood with a service to Liverpool Lime Street on 20 October 2017. The road bridge in front of the train with a ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2017

A Liverpool South Parkway to Scarborough service arrives at Birchwood on 20 October 2017. This station was opened by British Rail in 1981 however ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2017

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Dam Lane Junction

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Wigan Junction Railway

Glazebrook West Junction

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Wigan Junction Railway

Glazebrook

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A Northern service heads west without stopping at Glazebrook on 24 January 2019. Although the rear destination blind is displaying 'Wigan North ...
John McIntyre 24/01/2019

A wonderful but neglected fountain on the westbound platform at Glazebrook. 1872 is featured prominently. ...
Ewan Crawford 10/09/2009

An eastbound service passes non-stop through Glazebrook. ...
Ewan Crawford 10/09/2009

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Glazebrook East Junction

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Manchester Ship Canal Deviations (Cheshire Lines Committee)

On a very misty 24 January 2019, a Northern Class 150 DMU on a service from Liverpool to Manchester passes Glazebrook East Jct SB. The junction is ...
John McIntyre 24/01/2019

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Irlam and Cadishead [1st]

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Flixton

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The EMT 0856 service from Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street passes Flixton with 158862 and 156404 on 25 October 2022. ...
John McIntyre 25/10/2022

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Chassen Road

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195132 passes Chassen Road with a Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool Lime Street semi-fast service on 25 October 2022. ...
John McIntyre 25/10/2022

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Urmston

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The station building at Urmston is no longer in railway use but is now a pub/restaurant 'The Steamhouse'. On the left a Northern Class 142 departs on ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2017

A view west from the road bridge at Urmston on 20 October 2017. It looks so straight you would almost think that the Romans had built it, if railways ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2017

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Humphrey Park

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Humphrey Park is a fairly recent addition to the Manchester rail network having opened in 1984. It lies immediately west of (and in sight of) Trafford ...
Mark Bartlett 20/08/2012

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Trafford Park

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Trafford Park is now an unstaffed station with a basic two hourly service. 142011 hurries through without stopping on 20 August on its way from Lime ...
Mark Bartlett 20/08/2012

Fowler 2-6-4T no 42319 standing in the shed yard at Trafford Park, Manchester, thought to have been taken in the late 1950s. The locomotive was ...
K A Gray //

Class N5 0-6-2T no 69362 stands on Trafford Park shed in the summer of 1958. ...
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/06/1958

General view over the yard of the large Trafford Park shed, Manchester, in the sixties. Originally built as a 20-road straight dead-end shed it was ...
Jim Peebles //

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Trafford Park Junction

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Throstle Nest West Junction

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Manchester South District Railway (Midland Railway)

Throstle Nest East Junction

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Manchester South District Railway (Midland Railway)

Hunts Cross Curve

Liverpool South Parkway

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Ditton, Runcorn Gap and Dutton Line and Edge Hll to Speke Line (London and North Western Railway)

350238 slows to call at Liverpool South Parkway, with a service heading for Lime Street, on 7th December 2022. There are four platforms here. In that ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022

507017 calls at Liverpool South Parkway, the first of twenty one intermediate stations on its journey to Southport, which will take just over an hour. ...
Mark Bartlett 07/12/2022

Vintage Trains 'The Mersey Explorer' on 10 September 2022 saw GWR designed 4-6-0 7029 'Clun Castle' working from Tyseley to Liverpool Lime Street. The ...
John McIntyre 10/09/2022

Transport for Wales 150245 passes Liverpool South Parkway whilst on a training run from Frodsham Jct to Liverpool Lime Street. The destination board ...
John McIntyre 22/03/2019

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Hunts Cross Junction

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Glazebrook to Altrincham

Glazebrook East Junction

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Manchester Ship Canal Deviations (Cheshire Lines Committee)

On a very misty 24 January 2019, a Northern Class 150 DMU on a service from Liverpool to Manchester passes Glazebrook East Jct SB. The junction is ...
John McIntyre 24/01/2019

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Cadishead [1st]

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Partington [1st]

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Partington Junction

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Manchester Ship Canal Deviations (Cheshire Lines Committee)

West Timperley

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Skelton Junction

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Great North of England Railway
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
York Station (North Eastern Railway)
Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway

Peak 45025 on the station avoiding line at York with a down freight in the summer of 1980. ...
John Furnevel 23/07/1980

An EE Type 4 coming off the York station avoiding line on the approach to Skelton Junction with a northbound ballast train in July 1980 . ...
John Furnevel 21/07/1980

Skelton Junction York, Leeds service passing. ...
Ewan Crawford //

View south from Skelton Junction as 47407 leaves York with a Newcastle train in 1980. ...
John Furnevel 23/07/1980

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Manchester to Cressington Junction Line (Cheshire Lines Committee)

Dates

Portions of line and locations

Garston to Manchester

Cressington

Garston

Hunts Cross Junction

Hunts Cross

Halewood

Hough Green

Hough Green Junction

Widnes

Widnes West Junction

Widnes East Junction

Sankey for Penketh

Warrington West

Sankey Junction

Warrington Central

Padgate Junction

Padgate

Birchwood

Dam Lane Junction

Glazebrook West Junction

Glazebrook

Glazebrook East Junction

Irlam and Cadishead [1st]

Flixton

Chassen Road

Urmston

Humphrey Park

Trafford Park

Trafford Park Junction

Throstle Nest West Junction

Throstle Nest East Junction

Hunts Cross Curve

Liverpool South Parkway

Hunts Cross Junction

Glazebrook to Altrincham

Glazebrook East Junction

Cadishead [1st]

Partington [1st]

Partington Junction

West Timperley

Skelton Junction

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