West Timperley railway station was situated on the

Glazebrook East Junction–Skelton Junction line Glazebrook East Junction–Skelton Junction line was a railway line from Glazebrook to Skelton Junction in Greater Manchester. History The Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction line was part of Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) as a bra ...

of the

Cheshire Lines Committee The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was formed in the 1860s and became the second-largest joint railway in Great Britain. The committee, which was often styled the Cheshire Lines Railway, operated of track in the then counties of Lancashire a ...

between and . It served the locality between 1873 and 1964.

Construction, opening and location of the station

The station was built by the

(CLC) and opened for passengers on 2 September 1873. It was sometimes referred to as ''West Timperley for Altrincham and Bowdon'' in some railway timetables. The station was located immediately west of the A56 Manchester Road in Broadheath near to West Timperley at a point just north of the road junction with Lindsell Road, and just south-west of the point where Timperley Brook runs under Manchester Road which forms the Broadheath - Timperley boundary. It was named West Timperley to differentiate it from the other station in Broadheath. The CLC line was elevated on an embankment here and crossed the A56 by an overbridge.

Railway Map of the Timperley and Altrincham area

To the west the track still exists as far as

Partington Partington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of Manchester city centre. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it lies on the southern bank of the M ...

, where it has been cut off, preventing access across the Manchester Ship Canal. The track to the east continues to

Skelton Junction Skelton Junction is a complex of railway junctions to the south of Manchester in Timperley, near Altrincham. Both the Cheshire Lines Committee's Liverpool to Manchester line, via the Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line and the LN ...

where it joins the Altrincham to Stockport line.

Ownership of the station

The CLC operated the station from 1873 until 1948. From 1 January 1923, the CLC was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway (two-thirds) and the

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

(one-third), but continued to operate as a separate entity. On nationalisation of the UK railway system on 1 January 1948, the station became part of British Railways

London Midland Region The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways (BR), and initially consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England, Wales and Northern Irelan ...

Train service from the station

The CLC operated passenger trains to West Timperley station from Stockport Tiviot Dale in the east, continuing to Warrington Central and

Liverpool Central Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline ...

to the west. Passenger trains on the line were withdrawn by British Railways on 30 November 1964.

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Disused Stations: West Timperley
{{DEFAULTSORT:West Timperley Railway Station Disused railway stations in Trafford Former Cheshire Lines Committee stations Beeching closures in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964