Index
- Stockport to Glazebrrok Home
- Stockport Portwood
- Stockport Tiviot Dale
- Cheadle
- Northenden
- Baguley
- West Timperley
- Partington 1st
- Partington 2nd
- Cadishead Bridge
- Cadishead 1st
- Cadishead 2nd
Stockport to Glazebrook Railway
(1863 - 1964)
Glazebrook East Junction–Skelton Junction line was part of Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) as a branch line of their main Liverpool–Manchester lines. The line carried on
through Skelton Junction terminating at Stockport Tiviot Dale
The line opened in 1873 serving the towns of Cadishead, Partington and West Timperley
In the 1890s, the line was deviated due to the building of the Manchester Ship Canal. It was raised on an embankment around a mile in length from Glazebrook East Junction to be high enough to clear the Ship Canal and Cadishead Viaduct was built in 1892 to span the canal
As part of the London Midland region of BR, It remained a busy line with trains from Liverpool Central and Warrington Central up until the mid-1960s. It was only on the withdrawal of these stopping passenger services in 1964 that all the stations closed along the line
The line carried on as freight only until 1983 when Cadishead Viaduct was in need of serious and costly repair. British Rail decided rather than repairing the viaduct to close it and mothball the line. The tracks were lifted in the mid-1980s from Glazebrook to Partington
The line opened in 1873 serving the towns of Cadishead, Partington and West Timperley
In the 1890s, the line was deviated due to the building of the Manchester Ship Canal. It was raised on an embankment around a mile in length from Glazebrook East Junction to be high enough to clear the Ship Canal and Cadishead Viaduct was built in 1892 to span the canal
As part of the London Midland region of BR, It remained a busy line with trains from Liverpool Central and Warrington Central up until the mid-1960s. It was only on the withdrawal of these stopping passenger services in 1964 that all the stations closed along the line
The line carried on as freight only until 1983 when Cadishead Viaduct was in need of serious and costly repair. British Rail decided rather than repairing the viaduct to close it and mothball the line. The tracks were lifted in the mid-1980s from Glazebrook to Partington
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Stockport Portwood | Jan 1863 | Sep 1875 | |
| Stockport Tiviot Dale | Dec 1865 | Jan 1967 | |
| Cheadle | Feb 1866 | Nov 1964 | |
| Northenden | Feb 1866 | Nov 1964 | |
| Baguley | Feb 1866 | Nov 1964 | |
| West Timperley | Feb 1866 | Nov 1964 | |
| Partington 1st | May 1874 | May 1893 | |
| Partington 2nd | May 1893 | Nov 1964 | |
| Cadishead Bridge | Aug 1873 | May 1893 | |
| Cadishead 1st | Sep 1873 | Aug 1879 | |
| Cadishead 2nd | May 1893 | Nov 1964 |
