Cheadle CLC Railway Station
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Cheadle North railway station served the village of Cheadle,
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,
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. It was a stop on the
Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway The Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJR) was authorised by an act of Parliament (UK), act of Parliament, passed on 22 July 1861 to build an railway from to Altrincham. History The (24 & 25 Vict. c. clxxv) was for ...
and was renamed Cheadle North on 1 July 1950.


History

The station was opened on 1 February 1866 by the
Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway The Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJR) was authorised by an act of Parliament (UK), act of Parliament, passed on 22 July 1861 to build an railway from to Altrincham. History The (24 & 25 Vict. c. clxxv) was for ...
(ST&AJ). On 15 August 1867, the ST&AJ was merged into the
Cheshire Lines Committee The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was formed in the 1860s and became the second-largest joint railway in Great Britain. The committee, which was often styled the Cheshire Lines Railway, operated of track in the then counties of Lancashire and ...
(CLC) joint railway. The CLC survived intact at the 1923 UK railway grouping and continued to operate the station until the CLC was absorbed into the nationalised
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(BR) on 1 January 1948. BR continued to operate the station for a further fourteen years until closure of the station, with others on the line, on 30 November 1964 as part of the
Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named ...
.


Location

The station was located north of Cheadle at the point where the Manchester Road passes over the line on a bridge. It was situated on the west side of the bridge, with the main buildings being on the south side of the line; these still survive in non-railway use.


Facilities

There was a small brick-built shelter for passengers on the north side of the line. A goods shed and two-line siding was on the line's south side.


Services

The station was served by local passenger trains from to
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, and to Warrington Central and
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stations. The weekday westbound passenger service during July 1922 consisted of four trains to Warrington and Liverpool and four trains to Altrincham. The October 1942 timetable showed the effect of wartime reductions, with three daily weekday passenger trains to Liverpool and one terminating at Glazebrook. In January 1956 the passenger train service remained sparse with just five trains in each direction, with none serving Altrincham.


The site today

The station buildings were converted into a pub in the 1980s. It was named ''The Station'' initially, when it was a Banks Brewery pub and later Chesters Brewery. It is now a free house called the ''Cheshire Line Tavern''. The line through the station was reduced to single track in 1984; it remains open for goods trains.


See also

* Cheadle railway station (disambiguation)


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Cheadle station on Disused Stations
{{Closed stations Greater Manchester Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Former Cheshire Lines Committee stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 1866 establishments in England Beeching closures in England Cheadle, Greater Manchester