Timperley Junction to Ditton Junction No.1

Timperley Junction to Ditton Junction No.1 Section of Line Opened Closed Notes Broadheath to Wilderspool 01.11.1853 Timperley Junction Broadheath 01.05.1854 Wilderspool to Warrington (Arpley) 01.05.1854 [Skelton Junction] Broadheath No. 1 to Latchford 08.07.1985 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 60 m.p.h. 1 – ↓ Timperley Junction – 2 ↑ ↓ Deansgate Crossing 0m 381yds 3 ↑ ↓ Broadheath No. 1 0m 275yds 4 ↑ ↓ Broadheath No. 3 0m 1040yds DRS 41 URS 37 5 ↑ ↓ Sinderland Crossing 0m 1110yds 6 ↑ ↓ Dunham Massey Station (Level Crossing) 1m 1016yds 7 ↑ ↓ Heatley and Warburton Station (Level Crossing) 1m 822yds DRS 47 8 ↑ ↓ Lymm Lane Crossing 0m 457yds 9 ↑ ↓ Lymm Station (Level Crossing) 1m 463yds URS 46 10 ↑ ↓ Thelwall Station 1m 979yds ↑ ↓ Latchford Station 2m 155yds 11 ↑ ↓ Wilderspool Crossing 1m 10yds Arpley Station 12 ↑ ↓ Arpley Junction 0m 395yds 13 ↑ ↓ Slutchers Lane 0m 274yds Bank Quay Station 14 ↑ ↓ Crosfield's Crossing 0m 469yds 15 ↑ ↓ Litton's Mill Crossing 0m 200yds 16 ↑ ↓ Monk's Siding (Level Crossing) 0m 572yds 17 ↑ ↓ Sankey Bridges 0m 916yds 18 ↑ ↓ Carterhouse Junction (Level Crossing) 4m 337yds 19 ↑ ↓ Widnes No. 7 0m 1477yds 20 ↑ ↓↓ West Deviation Junction 0m 824yds 21 ↑ – Ditton Junction No. 1 1m 140yds Links

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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
Broadheath to Wilderspool 01.11.1853
Timperley Junction Broadheath 01.05.1854
Wilderspool to Warrington (Arpley) 01.05.1854
[Skelton Junction] Broadheath No. 1 to Latchford 08.07.1985
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 60 m.p.h.
1 – ↓ Timperley Junction –
2 ↑ ↓ Deansgate Crossing 0m 381yds
3 ↑ ↓ Broadheath No. 1 0m 275yds
4 ↑ ↓ Broadheath No. 3 0m 1040yds DRS 41
URS 37
5 ↑ ↓ Sinderland Crossing 0m 1110yds
6 ↑ ↓ Dunham Massey Station (Level Crossing) 1m 1016yds
7 ↑ ↓ Heatley and Warburton Station (Level Crossing) 1m 822yds DRS 47
8 ↑ ↓ Lymm Lane Crossing 0m 457yds
9 ↑ ↓ Lymm Station (Level Crossing) 1m 463yds URS 46
10 ↑ ↓ Thelwall Station 1m 979yds
↑ ↓ Latchford Station 2m 155yds
11 ↑ ↓ Wilderspool Crossing 1m 10yds
Arpley Station
12 ↑ ↓ Arpley Junction 0m 395yds
13 ↑ ↓ Slutchers Lane 0m 274yds
Bank Quay Station
14 ↑ ↓ Crosfield’s Crossing 0m 469yds
15 ↑ ↓ Litton’s Mill Crossing 0m 200yds
16 ↑ ↓ Monk’s Siding (Level Crossing) 0m 572yds
17 ↑ ↓ Sankey Bridges 0m 916yds
18 ↑ ↓ Carterhouse Junction (Level Crossing) 4m 337yds
19 ↑ ↓ Widnes No. 7 0m 1477yds
20 ↑ ↓↓ West Deviation Junction 0m 824yds
21 ↑ – Ditton Junction No. 1 1m 140yds

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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