Dunham Hill railway station
Dunham Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Site of the former station (1994) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire West and Chester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°14′56″N 2°47′58″W / 53.2488°N 2.7994°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ463727 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Birkenhead Joint Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Birkenhead Joint Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 18 December 1850 | Opened as Dunham | ||||
| April 1861 | Renamed Dunham Hill | ||||
| 7 April 1952 | Closed | ||||
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Dunham Hill railway station was a railway station in Dunham-on-the-Hill, Cheshire. It was opened in 1850 and closed in 1952.[1][2] Near to the station was a branch line leading to the former ROF Dunham on the Hill explosives storage depot.[3] The station buildings were demolished after closure but the platforms remained until the 1970s.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickle Trafford | Birkenhead Joint Railway | Helsby | ||
References
- ^ Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Dunham Hill Station
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
- ^ "ROF Storage Depot Dunham-on-the Hill". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 25-26. ISBN 9781908174406. OCLC 910526793.
