Mickle Trafford railway station

This article is about the station on the Birkenhead Joint Railway. For the station on the Mid-Cheshire line, see Mickle Trafford East railway station.

Mickle Trafford
Mickle Trafford signal box in 2013 showing also the line from Chester to Warrington
General information
Location	Mickle Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53°13′05″N2°49′51″W / 53.2181°N 2.8307°W / 53.2181; -2.8307
Grid reference	SJ446693
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Key dates
December 1889	Station opened
2 April 1951 (1951-04-02)	Station closed
Location

Mickle Trafford railway station was a station on the Birkenhead Joint Railway in Mickle Trafford, Cheshire. ^[1]

History and operations

The station was open for the use by passengers between 1889 and 1951 ^[2] when it was closed and was subsequently demolished. ^[3] Although all traces of the station have now been removed, the site remains an active operational location, as the Mid-Cheshire Line passenger trains from Manchester via Stockport and Altrincham join the main Chester - Warrington (Bank Quay) - Manchester Piccadilly line at this point and Mickle Trafford signal box remains in use to work the junction between the two routes.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chester General		Birkenhead Joint Railway		Dunham Hill

References

1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
2. Butt, 1995, p. 158
3. Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Mickle Trafford Station

Bibliography

• Butt R.V.J, The Directory of Railway Stations, 1995, Patrick Stephens Limited, ISBN   1-85260-508-1

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 8. ISBN   9781908174512. OCLC   892704846.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 19-24. ISBN   9781908174406. OCLC   910526793.