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unusual facts about Chester railway station


North Wales Mineral Railway

There followed much legal wrangling and hostility concerning access agreements to Chester railway station; but this did not prevent the line becoming part of the G.W.R. main line to Birkenhead.


Capenhurst railway station

On the former main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside it is now on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, 5¼ miles (8 km) north of Chester.

Delamere railway station

The station is 9½ miles (15 km) east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line.

Hartford railway station

Greenbank railway station is about 1 mile (1.6 km) away (nearer to Northwich) on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly.

Hooton railway station

It lies on the Wirral Line 8 miles north of Chester and 9½ miles (15 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network, and is near the junction of the branch from the Chester line to Ellesmere Port.

Lostock Gralam railway station

The station is on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, located 18½ miles (30 km) east of Chester.

Mobberley railway station

The station is 18½ miles (30 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Mid-Cheshire Line towards Chester.

Plumley railway station

The station is 20½ miles (33 km) east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line to Manchester Piccadilly.


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