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  2. Widnes railway station - Wikipedia

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    Widnes railway station (formerly Widnes North) is a railway station serving the industrial town of Widnes, Halton, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [1] The station is operated by Northern Trains.

  3. Widnes Central railway station - Wikipedia

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    The main line of the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC), between Manchester Central and Liverpool Brunswick, opened in 1873. [3] This passed to the north of the growing town of Widnes, so in 1873 the Widnes Railway was projected to link that town to the CLC, at a triangular junction to the west of Sankey.

  4. Widnes South railway station - Wikipedia

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    The station was subsequently renamed as Widnes South by BR in January 1959 to differentiate it from the neighbouring Widnes Central station on the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway & Midland Railway Joint Widnes Loop line and "North" (now known simply as Widnes) on the Cheshire Lines Committee main line. It then closed to ...

  5. Hough Green railway station - Wikipedia

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    The station became a junction station on 1 July 1879 when Hough Green Junction was opened 15 chains (990 ft; 300 m) to the east, the junction gave access to the Widnes loop line owned by the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee, two of the three companies that jointly owned the Cheshire Lines Committee.

  6. St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway - Wikipedia

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    The St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway was an early railway line owned by a company of the same name in Lancashire, England, which opened in 1833. It was later known as St Helens Railway. It ran originally from the town of St Helens to the area which would later develop into the town of Widnes. Branches were opened to Garston, Warrington and ...

  7. Appleton railway station - Wikipedia

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    In 1922 ten trains called at the station in each direction, Monday to Saturday, plying between St Helens Shaw St and Ditton Junction via Widnes South.Some trains continued to Runcorn and some to Liverpool Lime Street.

  8. Cheshire Lines Committee - Wikipedia

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    Each company was to provide an equal amount of capital and four representatives to the joint management committee. This arrangement was confirmed by the Great Northern Railway (Cheshire Lines) Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. cxlvii); this was the first official use of Cheshire Lines and at the time it was entirely appropriate as the majority of the lines involved were in Cheshire.

  9. Widnes loop line - Wikipedia

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    A 1909 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (left) railways in the vicinity of Widnes Central. In 1874 the uncompleted line was sold to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR); and in 1875 it became the joint property of the MS&LR and the Midland Railway - two of the partners in the CLC.