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The station, which was located on Victoria Road in the Newtown area of the city, was originally planned by the West Cheshire Railway in 1865. A year later the company was acquired by the Cheshire Lines Committee. It opened the station on 1 May 1875 for train services to Manchester Central on the Mid-Cheshire Line via Northwich.
Tangerine Dream was scheduled to play at The Riviera on Oct 17, 1992, however, just a few days prior to the concert date, the venue was moved to the Vic. David Bowie brought his Earthling tour to the Vic on September 19, 1997. Siouxsie and the Banshees at the Vic on April 22, 2002. Porcupine Tree's In Absentia tour played The Vic on July 25, 2003.
The station - as built by Cheshire Lines Railway - more correctly "Cheshire Lines Committee" (CLC) - was built on the site of the farm mentioned in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Cranford where the cow fell into a lime-pit. The Goods Yard was originally on the south-east side of the track, above the huge brick retaining wall, which ever after became ...
The Cheshire Railroad was merged into the Fitchburg in 1890, becoming the Cheshire Branch. Passenger service ended in 1958, and the line was abandoned in sections, Winchendon north in 1970 (after the bankruptcy of the Rutland RR) and in 1984 for the rest. [28]
The railroad began construction in September 1883, and ran into difficulties from Connecticut's winter weather and swampy ground near a pond along the route. The railroad began normal train service on April 6, 1885, between its Meriden depot at Center Street and docks on the Connecticut River in Cromwell, where steamboats met trains. [2] [1]
The Vic is a common short name for the following: The Queen Victoria, a fictional public house in the BBC soap opera Eastenders; The Vic Theatre, a music/cinema venue in Chicago, opened in 1912 as The Victoria Theatre; The Vic may also refer to: Various theatre venues with Vic or Victoria in their name, see Victoria Theatre (disambiguation)
Northwich railway station serves the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. The station has two platforms in use (and a third platform now disused and fenced off). It is located on the Mid-Cheshire line 28 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (45.5 km) southwest of Manchester Piccadilly.
Cheshire Village is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and adjacent residential land in the town of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the center of the town, surrounding the intersections of Connecticut Routes 10 , 70 , and 68 .