Dunham Hill railway station

Dunham Hill
Site of the former station (1994)
General information
Location	Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53°14′56″N2°47′58″W / 53.2488°N 2.7994°W / 53.2488; -2.7994
Grid reference	SJ463727
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Key dates
18 December 1850 (1850-12-18)	Opened as Dunham
April 1861	Renamed Dunham Hill
7 April 1952 (1952-04-07)	Closed
Location

Dunham Hill railway station was a railway station in Dunham-on-the-Hill, Cheshire. It was opened in 1850 and closed in 1952. ^{[1] [2]} Near to the station was a branch line leading to the former ROF Dunham on the Hill explosives storage depot. ^[3] The station buildings were demolished after closure but the platforms remained until the 1970s.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Mickle Trafford		Birkenhead Joint Railway		Helsby

References

1. Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Dunham Hill Station
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
3. "ROF Storage Depot Dunham-on-the Hill". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 25-26. ISBN   9781908174406. OCLC   910526793.