Broxton railway station was a railway station near the village of
Broxton,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
on the
Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
The Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway was a line in Cheshire built by the London and North Western Railway in the 19th century. The branch, which was long, connected the North Wales Coast Line from with the Welsh Marches line and Oswestry ...
.
History
Broxton opened on 1 October 1872. It had a station building and two
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
s. It was located behind the Edgerton Arms Hotel on the
A41.
The station closed on 16 September 1957. The site is now the Broxton Picnic Area.
Services
References
Further reading
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External links
Broxton station on Subterranea Britannica
Disused railway stations in Cheshire
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1957
1872 establishments in England
1957 disestablishments in England
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