Tattenhall railway station was a railway station in the village of
Tattenhall
Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the 2001 census, t ...
,
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 ...
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
The North Wales Coast Line ( cy, Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), also known as the North Wales Main Line ( cy, Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or cy, label=none, Prif Linell y Gogledd), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, ...
running from Chester in the north-west towards Crewe to the south-east.
History
The station was closed in 1957, and the name Tattenhall was transferred to the nearby
Tattenhall Road station on the Chester–Crewe line. That station subsequently also closed, in 1966.
Services
References
Further reading
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External links
Tattenhall 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
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