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Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway

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ŃAct passed 22 July 1861 to build a railway from Stockport on the Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway (ST&AJ) to Broadheath on the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) owned Warrington & Stockport Railway and to Timperley on the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). The line would be 8 miles 17 chains (13.2 km) in length.

The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) subscibed equally to finance the building of the railway. Together the MSLR and GNR formed a joint committee to operate the railway along with three others. This eventually lead to the formation of the Cheshire Lines Committee in 1865.

The ST&AJ opened from Portwood, east of Stockport, to Deansgate Junction, on the MSJAR, on 1 December 1865 with the section from Skelton Junction to Broadheath Junction, on the LNWR, opening on 1 February 1866.

A new station Stockport Tiviot Dale was opened. This station remained in use until closure on 2 January 1967. Other stations opened in early 1866 were at Cheadle, Northenden and Baguley.

Today the railway forms part of the Mid-Cheshire Line.

References

  • Griffiths, R.P., The Cheshire Lines Railway, The Oakwood Press, 1947.
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