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Sheffield And Midland Railway Companies' Committee
The Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee was incorporated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and Midland Railway Companies (Joint Lines) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. xxv) as a joint venture between the Midland Railway and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. Origins For many years the Midland had been wishing to extend its line from St. Pancras railway station, London St.Pancras to Manchester, via Derby and the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway. It was thwarted by the London and North Western Railway which already had a line from Manchester to London, via Birmingham and had built a branch line to Buxton. Meanwhile, The Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway was also averse to more competition in the area, and the MS&LR wished to expand southwards from its main line from Manchester, via Penistone, to Sheffield. The three joined forces in a series of tripartite agreements, which not being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland To Manchester
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Guide Bridge Railway Station
Guide Bridge railway station serves Guide Bridge, Greater Manchester, England, and is operated by Northern Trains. The station is east of Manchester Piccadilly on both the Rose Hill Marple and Glossop Lines. History It was built by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway on its new line from Ardwick Junction, near to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway's terminus at Store Street station, to Sheffield; it opened as Ashton and Hooley Hill on 11 November 1841 when the line opened as far as Godley Toll Bar. It was renamed ''Ashton'' in February 1842 and became ''Guide Bridge'' on 14 July 1845, when the line was extended to Sheffield. The station had a four platform configuration originally, with a large office on the southern side. However, the southern (former slow line) platforms were decommissioned and the tracks were lifted in 1984–85; this was part of layout alterations associated with the changeover from 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC working on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockport Tiviot Dale Railway Station
Stockport Tiviot Dale was one of two main railway stations serving the town of Stockport, Cheshire, England; the other being , which is now simply referred to as ''Stockport''. It was a stop on the Cheshire Lines Committee-operated Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway line. Tiviot Dale was named after Teviotdale in Scotland. Prince Charles Stuart camped to the north of the town in 1745. History Tiviot Dale station was located on the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) operated ''Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway'' line from to Skelton Junction, a section of what became the '' to Glazebrook'' line. It was situated at the bottom of Lancashire Hill, next to the present concrete motorway bridge. It was opened on 1 December 1865 and was originally known as Stockport Teviot Dale. From 1880, Tiviot Dale was also served by long-distance trains running on the Manchester South District Railway to . Tiviot Dale remained a part of the CLC, which was join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanhouse Lane Railway Station
Tanhouse Lane railway station is a closed station on the former Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee line, which formed a loop off the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line in the Widnes area between and . It was opened on 1 September 1890 as "Tanhouse", being changed later to "Tanhouse Lane". It closed on 5 October 1964. In 1922 13 "Down" (towards Liverpool) trains called on "Week Days" (Mondays to Saturdays). Eight ran from Warrington Central, two from Manchester Central and two started at Tanhouse Lane itself, all headed for Liverpool Central. One ran from Tanhouse Lane to Garston and there was the 12:15 from to Liverpool Central which called at Tanhouse Lane at 18:59. "Up" services were similar. The station was situated in an industrial area and was popular with workers travelling to and from it. With the rise in the use of the motor car, the station was nominated for closure in the Beeching Report. The final services ran on 3 October 1964, with the first serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widnes Central Railway Station
Widnes Central railway station served the town of Widnes, England from 1879 to 1964. History The main line of the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC), between and Brunswick railway station, Liverpool Brunswick, opened in 1873. This passed to the north of the growing town of Widnes, so in 1873 the Widnes Railway was projected to link that town to the CLC, at a triangular junction to the west of . In 1874 the uncompleted line was sold to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR); and in 1875 it became the joint property of the MS&LR and the Midland Railway - two of the partners in the CLC. The third partner, the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway declined to take part in the project, and so it was not part of the CLC but separately administered by the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee. This line opened for goods traffic in 1877. The Widnes line was soon extended westwards to rejoin the CLC near , forming what became know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widnes Loop Railway Line
Widnes ( ) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn. Upstream to the east is Warrington, and 4 miles downstream to the west is Speke, a suburb of Liverpool. Before the Industrial Revolution, Widnes was a small settlement on marsh and moorland. In 1847, the chemist and industrialist John Hutchinson established a chemical factory at Spike Island. The town grew in population and rapidly became a major centre of the chemical industry. The demand for labour was met by large-scale immigration from Ireland, Poland, Lithuania and Wales. The town continues to be a major manufacturer of chemicals, although many of the chemical factories have closed and the economy is predominantly based upon service industries. Widnes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Victoria Railway Station
Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England, is a combined mainline railway station and Manchester Metrolink, Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the Manchester city centre, city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s. Opened in 1844 and part of the Manchester station group, Manchester Victoria is Manchester's second busiest railway station after Manchester Piccadilly station, Piccadilly, and is the busiest station managed by Northern (train operating company), Northern. The station hosts local and regional services to destinations in Northern England, such as , , Bradford Interchange, Bradford, , , , Halifax railway station (West Yorkshire), Halifax, Wigan Wallgate railway station, Wigan, , Blackpool North railway station, Blackpool (Sundays only) and Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Liverpool using the original Manchester and Liverpool Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardwick Railway Station
Ardwick railway station serves the industrial area of Ardwick, in east Manchester, England; it is located about one mile (1.5 km) south-east of , on both the Glossop line and Hope Valley line. Plans to close the station permanently were shelved in 2006, due to increasing activity in the area. From the Summer 2024 timetable, the station has just two trains calling per day on Mondays–Fridays and one train per day on Saturdays. History Ardwick station was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1842 and became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway following mergers in 1847; that company changed its name to the Great Central Railway in 1897. The station became a junction between the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway under the Railways Act 1921, Grouping of 1923, and passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When British Rail brand names, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L&YR
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern England (after the Midland and North Eastern Railways). The intensity of its service was reflected in the 1,650 locomotives it owned – it was by far the most densely-trafficked system in the British Isles with more locomotives per mile than any other company – and that one third of its 738 signal boxes controlled junctions averaging one every . No two adjacent stations were more than apart and its 1,904 passenger services occupied 57 pages in '' Bradshaw'', a number exceeded only by the Great Western Railway, the London and North Western Railway, and the Midland Railway. It was the first mainline railway to introduce electrification of some of its lines, and it also ran steamboat services across the Irish Sea a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Piccadilly Station
Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of the city centre, it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Reading, Southampton and Bournemouth; regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York; and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms: 12 terminal and two through platforms (numbers 13 and 14). Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft. Manchester Piccadilly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Vue Railway Station
Belle Vue railway station serves the area of Belle Vue, Manchester, England. It is a stop on the Hope Valley line for services between and . History The station was built by the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee and opened on 1 September 1875. It was located on the line between New Mills and Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly). A joint venture of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Midland Railway, it was a shorter route than the already existing one through Hyde Junction, and was used by the latter's main line expresses from London until 1880, when they began running via Stockport Tiviot Dale into Manchester Central It was popular with visitors to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, set up by John Jennison in 1836. After the zoo's closure in the early 1980s, usage of the station plummeted. All that remains of the original station is that part of the footbridge which crosses the running lines. Facilities The original station had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reddish North Railway Station
Reddish North is one of two railway stations serving the suburb of Reddish in Stockport, England; the other is Reddish South. It is a stop on the Hope Valley line between and . History It was built by the ''Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee'' in 1875, on the line between New Mills Central and Manchester London Road (now ''Piccadilly'' station). As a joint venture of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Midland Railway, it was a shorter route than the earlier-built line through Hyde Junction. It was used by the Midland railway's main line expresses from London St Pancras until 1880, when they began running via Stockport Tiviot Dale into Manchester Central. Originally named simply ''Reddish'', it became ''Reddish North'' in 1951. Some of the original buildings have disappeared over time. The original station yard, with goods shed, is intact (though without rails) and is currently used by a timber merchant. Although the original mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
