Cheshire's Lost Railways

The first railway in Cheshire was the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830. At that time the county was largely rural, but as this railway ran along its northern border it quickly became the ideal location for new railway companies to build lines linking with it to create potentially profitable routes into north Wales and the Wirral. >From this time on Cheshire developed one of the highest concentrations of railways anywhere in the country. However, after the high point of the Victorian era, the first half of the twentieth century saw the typical story of decline and as a result the once extensive web of branch lines have all but disappeared. Most have long since been forgotten and this highly detailed history tells their story. It also includes forty-eight period photographs, mostly of the lost stations but there are also some that are still in use - all, however, appear in their steam heyday. The locations featured are Heswall, Bollington, Capenhurst, Chester Northgate, Dunham Massey, Neston & Parkgate, Whitegate, Winsford & Over, Northenden, Stockport Tiviot Dale, Higher Poynton, High Lane, Middlewood, Marple Rose Hill, Over & Wharton, Bank Quay, Arpley, Latchford, Lymm, Heatley & Warburton, Broadheath, Waverton, Malpas, Wheelock & Sandbach, Worleston, Beeston Castle & Tarporley, Saltney, Minshull Vernon, and Hartford & Greenbank.

Author: David James
Publisher: Stenlake
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers, 10 x 7 inches tall, lavishly illustrated with old B&W photos throughout.