Tattenhall railway station

Tattenhall railway station was a railway station in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway or Chester-Whitchurch Branch Line, about a mile to the south of Tattenhall junction where the branch line diverged from the North Wales Coast Line running from Chester in the north-west towards Crewe to the south-east.

Tattenhall
General information
Location	Tattenhall, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53.1212°N 2.7795°W / 53.1212; -2.7795
Grid reference	SJ479585
Line(s)	Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1872 (1872-10-01)	Opened
16 September 1957 (1957-09-16)	Closed

History

The station was closed in 1957,^[1] and the name Tattenhall was transferred to the nearby Tattenhall Road station on the Chester–Crewe line. That station subsequently also closed, in 1966.^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Black Dog Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway		Broxton Line and station closed

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 416. OCLC 931112387.
2. Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. pp. 33, 147–148. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.

External links

• Tattenhall station on Subterranea Britannica