Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station

Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station
The station in 1961
Location
Place	Tiverton
Area	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53°07′59″N 2°40′05″W / 53.1331°N 2.6680°W / 53.1331; -2.6680Coordinates: 53°07′59″N 2°40′05″W / 53.1331°N 2.6680°W / 53.1331; -2.6680
Grid reference	SJ554597
Operations
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1840 (1840-10-01)	Opened as Beeston
1 October 1868	Renamed Beeston Castle
January 1873	Renamed Beeston Castle and Tarporley
18 April 1966 (1966-04-18)	Closed
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–Z
UK Railways portal

Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Tarporley, Tiverton, and Beeston in Cheshire, England. The station was originally part of the Crewe to Chester line of the Grand Junction Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 October 1840 when it was simply known as Beeston but was renamed Beeston Castle on 1 October 1868, and again Beeston Castle and Tarporley in January 1873.^[1] The station was closed on 18 April 1966.^[1] Only parts of the platforms and the signal box still remain.

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Tattenhall Road Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway North Wales Coast line		Calveley Line open, station closed

Possible reopening

There is a campaign to reopen the station. This would cost around £3m.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Barrett, Frances (23 April 2015). "Campaign launched to reopen Beeston Castle and Tarporley station". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
↑ Holmes, David (16 March 2007). "Campaign to reopen station back on track". Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station on Disused Stations

Closed railway stations in Cheshire

St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Ann Street Halt Appleton

Birkenhead Railway	Daresbury Norton (Cheshire) Halton Dunham Hill Mickle Trafford Hadlow Road Neston South Parkgate

Chester to Crewe	Waverton Tattenhall Road Beeston Castle and Tarporley Calveley Worleston

Macclesfield to Marple	Bollington Higher Poynton Middlewood Higher

Northwich to Sandbach	Billinge Green Halt Middlewich Cledford Bridge Halt

Winsford and Over Branch Line	Whitegate Winsford and Over

Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway	Waverton Tattenhall Broxton Malpas Grindley Brook Halt

Sandbach to Kidsgrove	Wheelock and Sandbach Hassall Green Lawton

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway	Warrington Arpley Latchford Thelwall Lymm Heatley & Warburton

Mid-Cheshire Line	Chester Northgate Mickle Trafford East Barrow for Tarvin

Chester & Connah's Quay Railway	Chester Northgate Chester Liverpool Road Blacon

Helsby to Mouldsworth Junction	Helsby and Alvanley Manley

Nantwich to Market Drayton	Coole Pilate Halt Audlem Coxbank Halt

Wirral Line	Upton-by-Chester Mollington Ledsham

Other stations	Alsager Road Balderton Basford Betley Road Bosley Burton Point Collins Green Culcheth Ditton Macclesfield Hibel Road Minshull Vernon Moore Mow Cop and Scholar Green Newchurch Halt North Rode Over and Wharton Preston Brook Radway Green and Barthomley Sutton Weaver Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Willaston

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.