Tattenhall Road railway station was a railway station situated a mile to the north of the village of
Tattenhall
Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the 2001 cens ...
,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
on the
Chester and Crewe Railway
The Chester and Crewe Railway was an early British railway company, authorised in 1837 by the ( 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. lxiii).
It was absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway in 1840 via the ( 3 & 4 Vict. c. xlix). The company built the section ...
that was built in 1840 linking
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
to the north-west with
Crewe
Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. ...
to the south-east. The track now forms part of the
North Wales Coast Line
The North Wales Main Line ( or ; ), also known as the North Wales Coast Line (), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, England, running from Crewe on the West Coast Main Line to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey. The lin ...
.
The station was named Tattenhall Road in 1872 to distinguish it from another
Tattenhall railway station
Tattenhall railway station was a railway station that served the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway or Chester-Whitchurch Branch Line, about a mile to the south of Tattenhall junction where the branch line ...
, a little to the west of the village, on the
Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
The Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway was a branch line in Cheshire built by the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opening in 1872. The branch, which was long, connected the North Wales Coast Line from with the Welsh Marches line and ...
branch line to
Whitchurch.
The station took back the name Tattenhall when the branch line closed in 1957. It was then itself closed in 1966.
The station building still exists, now as a private house.
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Sub Brit disused station page June 2004
Disused railway stations in Cheshire
Beeching closures in England
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966
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