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This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.
| Section of Line | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis St. to Heaton Norris | 04.07.1840 | Travis St. was situated slightly south of the present Piccadilly Station | |
| Store St. (Piccadilly) to Travis St. | 08.05.1842 | ||
| Heaton Norris to Sandbach | 10.05.1842 | ||
| Sandbach to Crewe | 10.08.1842 | ||
| London Rd. No. 1 to Mayfield | 08.08.1910 |
| Junctions and other features | Running Lines | Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions | Distance from Signal Box above | Loops and Refuge Sidings | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Down | ||||||
| Maximum permissible speed 75 m.p.h. on Main, Fast and
Slow lines. Maximum permissible speed 45 m.p.h. on Good lines. |
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| 1 |
 |
– | ↓ | Crewe North Junction (Map) | – | ||
 |
↑ | ↓↓ | Sydney Bridge Junction | 0m 1025yds | |||
| 2 |
  |
↑↑ | ↓↕ | Sandbach Station (Map) | 3m 1574yds | ||
| ↕ | Holmes Chapel Station (Map) | 3m 1225yds | |||||
| ↓* | Goostry Station (Map) | 1m 1603yds | |||||
| *↑ | Chelford Station (Map) | 3m 1458yds | DGL UGL |
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| Alderley Edge Station (Map) | 3m 92yds | DGL 50 UGL 50 |
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| 3 |
|
↑ | ↓ | Wilmslow Station (Map) | 1m 980yds | DGL 75 | |
| Handforth Station (Map) | 1m 947yds | ||||||
| 4 |
|
↑ | ↓ | Cheadle Hulme Station (Map) | 2m 673yds | ||
| 5 | ↑ | ↓↓↓ | Adswood Road Bridge | 0m 1412yds | |||
| 6 | ↑↑ | ↓↓↕ | Adswood Sidings (Signals down goods, down through siding and up and down through siding only) | 0m 788yds | |||
| 7 |
|
↑↑ | ↓↓↓ | Edgeley Jn. No.1 | 0m 819yds | ||
| 8 |
|
↑↑ | ↓↓ | Edgeley Jn. No.2 | 0m 383yds | ||
| 9 | ↑↑↑ | ↓↓↓↓ | Stockport Edgeley No.1 (Map) | 0m 421yds | |||
| 10 | ↑↑↑↑ | ↓↓ | Stockport Edgeley No.2 | 0m 332yds | |||
| 11 |
 |
↑↑ | ↓↓ | Heaton Norris Junction (Map) | 0m 1190yds | ||
| Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor Station (Map) | 0m 1391yds | ||||||
| Levenshulme North Station (Pic)(Map) | 1m 824yds | ||||||
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|
Slade Lane Junction | 0m 932yds | |||||
| ↑↑ | ↓↓↕ | Longsight No.1 1 (Signals up and down goods line only) (Map) | 0m 1105yds | c. 15.9.1958 | |||
| 12 |
|
↑↑↑ | ↓↓↓ | Ardwick Junction 2 | 0m 1629yds | c. 15.12.1902 | |
| 13 | ↑↑ | ↓↓↓ | Manchester London Rd. No.1 | 0m 541yds | (Mayfield) c. 28.8.1960 | ||
| 14 |
3 |
↑↑ | ↓↓↓ | Manchester London Rd. No.2 | 0m 415yds | ||
| 15 | ↑ | – | Manchester London Rd No.3 (Map) | 0m 179yds | |||
Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.
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