Dunham Hill railway station

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

Dunham Hill
Site of the former station (1994)
Location	Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	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

References

1. Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Dunham Hill Station
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.20
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 25-26. ISBN 9781908174406. OCLC 910526793.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)