Tattenhall railway station

This article is about Tattenhall railway station. Not to be confused with Tattenhall Road railway station.

Tattenhall
General information
Location	Tattenhall, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53°07′16″N2°46′46″W / 53.1211°N 2.7795°W / 53.1211; -2.7795
Grid reference	SJ479585
Line(s)	Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1872 (1872-10-01)	Opened
16 September 1957 (1957-09-16)	Closed

v t e Whitchurch & Tattenhall Railway
Legend
North Wales Coast Line Shrewsbury–Chester line Roodee Viaduct over River Dee Wirral line Chester General Chester–Manchester line Mid-Cheshire line Waverton Black Dog Crewe–Chester line Tattenhall Broxton Malpas Grindley Brook Halt Welsh Marches line Whitchurch Oswestry, Ellesmere & Whitchurch Railway Welsh Marches line

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 diverged from the North Wales Coast Line running from Chester in the north-west towards Crewe to the south-east.

Opening

The station opened on 1 October 1872 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opened the branch line between Whitchurch and Chester. ^[1]

Description

It was located west of the village, where Frog Lane crossed the railway on an overbridge, the station was north of the road and east of the railway. ^[2]

The station had two platforms, one each side of the running lines, the southbound platform had a two-storey stone building providing a booking office, waiting room and a house for the station master. ^[3]

The other platform had a wooden shelter. This platform was only accessable via a barrow crossing at the end of the platforms. ^{[2] [3]}

There were no goods facilities at the station, goods were handled by Tattenhall Road that was on a different line, the Chester and Crewe Railway. ^[4]

Closure

The station closed to passengers on 16 September 1957. ^[5]

The stationmaster’s house at Tattenhall has been converted into a private residence, although the waiting rooms and other ancillary buildings were demolished in 2005. ^[6]

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Black Dog Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway		Broxton Line and station closed

References

1. Quick 2023, p. 444.
2. Cheshire XLVII.14 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1911.
3. Mitchell & Smith 2013, p. Photograph 120.
4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 527.
5. Quick 2023, p. 305.
6. Yate 2014, pp. 96 & 98.

Bibliography

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe, including the Tattenhall route . Midland Main Lines. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN   9781908174482. OCLC   1302240443.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.
• Yate, Bob (2014). The Shrewsbury to Crewe Line . Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN   978-1-909625-33-4.

Further reading

• Christiansen, Rex (1988). Forgotten Railways:Severn Valley and Welsh Border . David & Charles. ISBN   0-946537-43-7.
• Oppitz, Leslie (2003). Lost railways of Cheshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-85306-828-7. OCLC   55561927.

External links

• "Tattenhall Station". Disused stations.