Worleston railway station

Former railway station in England

53°06′36″N 2°30′47″W / 53.1099°N 2.5131°W / 53.1099; -2.5131Grid referenceSJ656571Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGrand Junction RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 October 1840Opened[1]1 September 1952closed for passengers30 November 1959Closed for freight[1]

Worleston railway station was located just north of the small village of Worleston, Cheshire, England.

History

Opened 1 October 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway,[1] it was served by what was the Chester and Crewe Railway (now part of the North Wales Coast Line) between Chester, Cheshire and Crewe, Cheshire.

The station was originally named Nantwich until the town got its own station in 1858. There were two platforms, the brick built ticket office being on the down platform and a wooden waiting room on the up platform. Both were connected by a footbridge. The station closed to passengers in 1952[2] and to goods traffic in 1959.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Station Name: Worleston". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 466. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Stafford to Chester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 81-83. ISBN 9781908174345. OCLC 830024480.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Crewe
Line and station open 		  London and North Western Railway
North Wales Coast Line 		  Calveley
Line open, station closed


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