Index
- Ditton to Skelton Home
- Ditton
- Widnes South
- Cuerdley
- Fiddlers Ferry
- Sankey Bridges
- Warrington Bank Quay
- Warrington Arpley
- Latchford 1st
- Latchford 2nd
- Thelwall
- Lymm
- Heatley & Warburton
- Dunham Massey
- Broadheath
Thelwall
(1953 - 1956)
Thelwall station was situated on the Warrington & Stockport Railway (W&S) and opened with the line on November 1 1853
Set back from the main road was a modest single-storey brick building with a pitched roof. Between the station building and the road there were three sidings that formed the station goods yard. Passengers had to cross the sidings to access the station. The down platform (Warrington direction) initially had only a simple waiting shelter. Passengers accessed the down platform by means of a barrow crossing
The December 1895 timetable showed 14 up (Broadheath) services Monday to Friday with an extra train on Saturdays. In the down (Warrington) direction, there were 15 trains Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, there were 3 trains in each direction
The timetable for the summer of 1947 showed only 9 trains in each direction Monday to Friday. On Saturdays there were 2 extra up and 1 extra down trains. No trains called at Thelwall on Sundays
Thelwall became an unremunerative station and in 1956 it was given notice that it was to close and the station closed completely on September 17 1956. Passenger services continued to pass through Thelwall after it had closed but on September 10 1962 all local trains between Broadheath and Ditton Junction were withdrawn and the other intermediate stations were closed
The line had been a very busy freight artery and during the 1960s and 1970s it remained so but goods services were withdrawn in July 1985
The track was lifted in 1988 and in the late 1990s its course through Thelwall was developed as part of the Trans-Pennine Way long distance path
Set back from the main road was a modest single-storey brick building with a pitched roof. Between the station building and the road there were three sidings that formed the station goods yard. Passengers had to cross the sidings to access the station. The down platform (Warrington direction) initially had only a simple waiting shelter. Passengers accessed the down platform by means of a barrow crossing
The December 1895 timetable showed 14 up (Broadheath) services Monday to Friday with an extra train on Saturdays. In the down (Warrington) direction, there were 15 trains Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, there were 3 trains in each direction
The timetable for the summer of 1947 showed only 9 trains in each direction Monday to Friday. On Saturdays there were 2 extra up and 1 extra down trains. No trains called at Thelwall on Sundays
Thelwall became an unremunerative station and in 1956 it was given notice that it was to close and the station closed completely on September 17 1956. Passenger services continued to pass through Thelwall after it had closed but on September 10 1962 all local trains between Broadheath and Ditton Junction were withdrawn and the other intermediate stations were closed
The line had been a very busy freight artery and during the 1960s and 1970s it remained so but goods services were withdrawn in July 1985
The track was lifted in 1988 and in the late 1990s its course through Thelwall was developed as part of the Trans-Pennine Way long distance path
