Station Name: MICKLE TRAFFORD EAST

 

[Source: Paul Wright]


Date opened: 1.5.1875
Location: On the east side of Station Road
Company on opening: Cheshire Lines Committee
Date closed to passengers: 12.2.1951
Date closed completely: 1.7.1963
Company on closing: British Railways (London Midland Region)
Present state: Demolished
County: Cheshire
OS Grid Ref: SJ448696
Date of visit: 22.4.2005

Notes: Notes: Situated on the CLC Mouldsworth to Chester Northgate line which was opened by the CLC on 2.11.1874 creating a second Chester to Manchester route. The station was situated in the village of Mickle Trafford adjacent to the Birkenhead Joint Railway station of the same name.

The station was originally called Mickle Trafford, East was added from 5.6.1950.

To see the other stations on the Mouldsworth to Chester Northgate line click on the station name: Chester Northgate & Barrow for Tarvin

 

Mickle Trafford Station in 1949


Looking east from the site of Mickle Trafford Station in April 2005
Photo by Paul Wright

An excursion train heading to New Brighton in 1911


 

 

 

[Source: Paul Wright]
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