Barrow For Tarvin Railway Station
By 1895, seven southbound (Down) and six northbound (up) trains called here each weekday, with one additional call each way on a Saturday and three each way on Sundays. This service pattern remained broadly unchanged after the 1923 Grouping, but had improved to nine up and eleven down trains by 1949.
However, it was subsequently closed by the British Transport Commission on 1 June 1953, due to low usage. Goods traffic ceased at the same time, with the signal box being closed the following year and the remaining facilities removed by 1958. The line through the station site was subsequently reduced to single track in September 1969, prior to the closure of the former CLC Chester Northgate terminus and the diversion of traffic to Chester (General) the following month.
The station building here still survives (though derelict) and is visible from passing trains, having been sold for use as private residence.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Mickle Trafford East Line open, station closed |
Cheshire Lines Committee Mid-Cheshire line |
Mouldsworth Line and station open |
References
- ^ "Station Name: Barrow for Tarvin". Disused Stations. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Barrow for Tarvin station (2013) Buck, Jeff Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 17 July 2017
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 10-12. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.