Over and Wharton railway station

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.

Over and Wharton
Location	Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester England
Coordinates	53.1940°N 2.5145°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 July 1882	Opened
1 January 1917[1]	closed
17 July 1920	reopened
16 June 1947	Closed to passengers
March 1991[2]	Closed completedly

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service, which was always meagre and in general did not offer good connections with other services, was eventually withdrawn and the station closed to passengers on 16 June 1947.[3] Goods traffic survived nationalisation and the station remained open for mainly rock salt traffic until March 1991

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. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/o/over_and_wharton/index.shtml Over & Wharton station on the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website
2. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/o/over_and_wharton/index.shtml Over & Wharton station on the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website
3. Wilkinson, p. 93

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

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