Chester Liverpool Road railway station

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Coordinates: 53°12′03″N 2°53′42″W / 53.200953°N 2.894964°W / 53.200953; -2.894964
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Chester Liverpool Road railway station
Site of the former Chester Liverpool Road station in 2005
General information
LocationChester, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Coordinates53°12′03″N 2°53′42″W / 53.200953°N 2.894964°W / 53.200953; -2.894964
Grid referenceSJ405669
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
31 March 1890 (1890-03-31)Station opened
3 December 1951passenger service withdrawn
5 April 1965Station closed

Chester Liverpool Road was a station on the former

Chester & Connah's Quay Railway between Chester Northgate and Hawarden Bridge. It was located at the junction of Liverpool Road and Brook Lane in Chester, Cheshire
, England.

History

The station was opened on 31 March 1890 by the

through line to Manchester Central
. The through lines, which linked Dee Marsh junction to the CLC route to Manchester, passed to the north of the island platform, whereas the branch lines that ran to Chester Northgate went to the south of the island platform.

The station's four platforms were used as follows:

  1. for westbound trains leaving Chester Northgate for North Wales or Seacombe (side)
  2. for eastbound trains terminating at Chester Northgate (island).
  3. for westbound through trains for North Wales or Seacombe (island).
  4. for eastbound through trains bound for Manchester (side).

Chester Liverpool Road also had a

goods yard with sidings.[2][3]

Passenger services ceased on 3 December 1951.[3] Freight services ceased on 5 April 1965 (1965-04-05).

Even though

single-track line on 31 August 1986 before final closure in the early 1990s.[2][5]
The trackbed is now a cycle way.

The station was demolished in the 1970s. The site then became a coal yard. In the 2000s the area was completely redeveloped for a fitness centre.

Services

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Chester Northgate  
Chester & Connah's Quay Railway
GCR
   Blacon

References

  1. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXVI
  2. ^ a b "Station Name: CHESTER LIVERPOOL ROAD". Disused Stations. 14 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 68
  4. ^ "Shotton Steelworks and Garden City". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  5. ^ Oppitz 1997, p. 111

Sources

External links
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