Over and Wharton railway station

Over and Wharton
Location
Place	Winsford
Area	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53°11′38″N 2°30′52″W / 53.1940°N 2.5145°WCoordinates: 53°11′38″N 2°30′52″W / 53.1940°N 2.5145°W
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
July 3, 1882	Opened
June 16, 1947	Closed to passengers
June 10, 1968	Closed completedly
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Over and Wharton railway station was one of three railway stations serving the town of Winsford in Cheshire. The station was the terminus of the Over and Wharton branch line, a short branch off the West Coast main line operated by the London and North Western Railway and later the London Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways.

Decline and closure

The passenger service, which was always meagre and in general did not offer good connections with other services, was eventually withdrawn and the station closed to passengers on June 16, 1947.^[1] Goods traffic survived nationalisation and the station remained open to goods until June 10, 1968.^[2]

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		London and North Western Railway Over and Wharton branch line		Hartford

See also

• Winsford railway station
• Winsford and Over railway station

Notes

1. Wilkinson, p. 93
2. Wilkinson, p. 96

References

• Hitches, Mike (1994), Cheshire Railways in Old Photographs, Alan Sutton Publishing, ISBN 0-7509-0756-8
• Wilkinson, Alan. Railways Across Mid-Cheshire. Scenes from the Past 41. Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-66-5.

External links

• Over & Wharton station on the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website