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Dunham Hill formerly Dunham
(1850 - 1952)
Dunham Hill station was situated on the Chester to Warrington line which opened as Dunham on December 18 1850 but the station was renamed Dunham Hill in April 1861
The main station building was on the Down platform (Warrington direction). Approached via a driveway the building was a two-storey structure with steeply pitched roofs and bargeboards. On the Up platform (Chester direction) there was a waiting shelter
Dunham was provided with a small goods yard which was reached via the station forecourt. There were three sidings, two serving a cattle dock at the south end of the platform. The 3rd siding was for coal
The December 1895 timetable showed seven up and seven down services Monday to Saturday with two trains in each direction on Sundays
During the 2nd World War a rail-served Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) storage depot was set up at Dunham-on-the-Hill and during the war years Dunham Hill was very busy with munitions trains serving the ROF depot and the main line handled large volumes of through traffic
Being in a fairly isolated location BR (LMR) closed Dunham Hill station to passengers on May 7 1952 and closed to goods on May 7 1956. The station buildings had been demolished by 1960 but the platforms survived until the early 1980s
The main station building was on the Down platform (Warrington direction). Approached via a driveway the building was a two-storey structure with steeply pitched roofs and bargeboards. On the Up platform (Chester direction) there was a waiting shelter
Dunham was provided with a small goods yard which was reached via the station forecourt. There were three sidings, two serving a cattle dock at the south end of the platform. The 3rd siding was for coal
The December 1895 timetable showed seven up and seven down services Monday to Saturday with two trains in each direction on Sundays
During the 2nd World War a rail-served Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) storage depot was set up at Dunham-on-the-Hill and during the war years Dunham Hill was very busy with munitions trains serving the ROF depot and the main line handled large volumes of through traffic
Being in a fairly isolated location BR (LMR) closed Dunham Hill station to passengers on May 7 1952 and closed to goods on May 7 1956. The station buildings had been demolished by 1960 but the platforms survived until the early 1980s
