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Chester to Warrington Railway
(1850 - 1952)

The Chester to Manchester line is one of two lines which run between the cities of Chester and Manchester in North West England. The faster of the two lines runs via Warrington Bank Quay. The other slower line is the Mid-Cheshire line which runs via Newton-le-Willows

Both routes to Manchester share the Chester to Crewe line for a short distance to Brook Lane Junction where the Manchester lines diverge to Mickle Trafford at which point the southern route of the Cheshire Lines Committee diverges south-easterly to Mouldsworth whilst the considerably older route continues to Helsby (junction from Ellesmere Port), Frodsham (nearest station to the junction for the Halton Curve) and the 1983 station at Runcorn East. It then passes through the Sutton Tunnel which is over a mile long and heads northwards to cross and then run alongside the West Coast Main Line, eventually joining it at Acton Grange Junction en-route to Warrington Bank Quay

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