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A train passing through Cheadle Hulme towards Handforth. The white building in the background is the original station house. The original Cheadle Hulme railway station on the Crewe line, about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) south-west of the current structure, was known simply as "Cheadle". It was in use from May 1842, following the opening of the viaduct.
Cheadle Hulme Fire Station on Turves Road, built in 1960. The site also incorporates an ambulance station. The building of the railways in the early 1840s introduced new employment opportunities for people in places such as Stockport and Manchester, as well as an influx of people coming to live in the area.
The line is joined at Cheadle Hulme by the West Coast spur from Stoke-on-Trent. At Stockport, it is then joined by the Mid-Cheshire line from Chester, the Hope Valley line from Sheffield, and by the Buxton line .
Its original terminus, Liverpool Road railway station, was closed to passengers in 1844, but still exists and is the oldest surviving passenger station in the world. [6] Since the Beeching cuts many of Greater Manchester's stations have closed and many station facilities have been removed.
Cheadle (/ ˈ tʃ iː d əl /) is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it borders Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and East Didsbury in Manchester. In 2011, it had a population of 14,698.
Pages in category "Cheadle Hulme" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Cheadle Hulme railway station; Cheadle Hulme School;
November 17 – West Germany – On the line from Frankfurt to Königstein, a diesel railcar left unattended at Kelkheim-Hornau station ran away eastward at speeds reaching 100 km/h (62 mph). An attempt to derail it at Kelkheim-Münster station failed and it crashed into a westbound passenger train near Liederbach, killing 7 people and injuring 80.
The Wilmslow Road bus corridor is a 5.5-mile-long section of road in Manchester that is served by a large number of bus services. The corridor runs from Parrs Wood to Manchester city centre along Wilmslow and Oxford Roads, serving Didsbury , Withington , Fallowfield and Rusholme .