Blacon railway station

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Blacon
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An eastbound view of Blacon station in 1961.
Location
Place Blacon
Area Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SJ383680
Operations
Original company Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms Two
History
31 March 1890 (1890-03-31) Station opened
9 September 1968 (1968-09-09) Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Blacon railway station was located in Blacon, Cheshire, England and was part of the line between Chester Northgate and Hawarden Bridge. This line was later extended to reach Wrexham and Birkenhead.

History

Blacon station opened on 31 March 1890 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (later the Great Central Railway). The station had two side platforms and the station master's house. To the east was a brick goods warehouse with freight depot and sidings. A return to Chester Northgate Station would cost 6d compared to a bus fare of 9d return.

Despite being a busy station, British Railways closed it to passengers on 9 September 1968 [1] as part of the Beeching Axe for the economic modernisation of the British railway network in the mid-1960s.[2] Even with the closure of steelmaking operations at Shotton in March 1980,[3] freight continued to use the line through the station until 20 April 1984. Goods services resumed use of the now single track line on 31 August 1986 before the railway closed completely in 1992.[1][4]

The station buildings have been demolished, although the nearby road bridge over the former track remains. The trackbed has been replaced by a tarmac road surface, which now provides a cycle path, jogging track and a countryside walkway.[5]

Gallery

  • Blacon station in the 1950s looking westbound towards Dee Marsh junction.

  • Same view on December 2006 showing the cycle path that has replaced the line.

  • Railway Bridge Blacon - geograph.org.uk - 38889.jpg

    Looking eastbound towards the former station's site beyond the bridge.

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Chester Liverpool Road   Chester & Connah's Quay Railway
Great Central Railway		   Saughall

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Richard Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" was published in 1963.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Further reading

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. – 1962 photo of station building

External links

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