Tattenhall railway station

Tattenhall railway station was a railway station in 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.

Tattenhall
General information
LocationTattenhall, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Coordinates53.1212°N 2.7795°W / 53.1212; -2.7795
Grid referenceSJ479585
Line(s)Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1872 (1872-10-01)Opened
16 September 1957 (1957-09-16)Closed

History

The station was closed in 1957,[1] and the name Tattenhall was transferred to the nearby Tattenhall Road station on the Chester–Crewe line. That station subsequently also closed, in 1966.[2]

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, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 416. OCLC 931112387.
  2. Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. pp. 33, 147–148. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.


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