Mickle Trafford railway station

Mickle Trafford
Mickle Trafford signal box in 2013 showing also the line from Chester to Warrington
Location	Mickle Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53°13′05″N 2°49′51″W / 53.2181°N 2.8307°W / 53.2181; -2.8307Coordinates: 53°13′05″N 2°49′51″W / 53.2181°N 2.8307°W / 53.2181; -2.8307
Grid reference	SJ446693
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Birkenhead Joint Railway
Key dates
December 1889	Station opened
2 April 1951 (1951-04-02)	Station closed

Mickle Trafford railway station was a station on the Birkenhead Joint Railway in Mickle Trafford, Cheshire.^[1]

History and operations[]

The station was open for the use by passengers between 1889 and 1951^[2] when it was closed and was subsequently demolished.^[3] Although all traces of the station have now been removed, the site remains an active operational location, as the Mid-Cheshire Line passenger trains from Manchester via Stockport and Altrincham join the main Chester - Warrington (Bank Quay) - Manchester Piccadilly line at this point and Mickle Trafford signal box remains in use to work the junction between the two routes.

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Butt R.V.J, The Directory of Railway Stations, 1995, Patrick Stephens Limited, ISBN 1-85260-508-1

Further reading[]

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 8. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 19-24. ISBN 9781908174406. OCLC 910526793.

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