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been made on this line from the main line at what was to become known as Widnes Dock
Junction. The following year a new Runcorn Gap station was opened nearer to the rapidly growing town of Widnes. The next project was to build a branch line to Warrington. This was opened on 1 February 1853, extending to a temporary station at White Cross, Warrington. In the following year it was extended to meet the
3548:. Haulage by a stationary engine was also necessary for a section further north at Sutton near St Helens. The Liverpool and Manchester line was crossed by an iron bridge south of St Helens. The line was originally intended for freight but public demand led to passenger coaches being added to the rear of the trains, this service starting in September 1833.
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Work is close to completion in 2014 to reclaim the section of the railway that ran from Clock Face to
Farnworth and Bold as a footpath for walkers and cyclists. Drainage and the majority of the new footpath has now been laid for the public and is already accessible. The footpath can now be enjoyed as
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As of 2009, where the line runs near the St Helens Retail Park, the embankment has been reinforced and is said to be for a rail link for visitors from out of town to the new Saints RLFC stadium. It is also rumoured that the track on Robins Lane will be relaid to connect through to St Helens
Junction.
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Garston. Following discussions, the LNWR leased the line from Garston to Warrington with effect from 1 September 1860, paying ÂŁ5,000 for the first year and ÂŁ12,000 annually from 1861. On 29 July 1864, an act of Parliament was passed which allowed SHCR to be absorbed by LNWR, and the transfer took
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Work on the line proceeded slowly and its costs overran the estimate. It did not open until 1833, but in
November 1832 a train with coal wagons ran over the track because of a wager between one of the owners and the engineer that a train would pass over it by December 1832. The line opened officially
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ended on 16 June 1951. Freight traffic initially continued to be heavy but it declined during the 1960s. In 1969, the line north from
Farnworth and Bold station was singled and in 1975 the line south of the station was also singled. The line closed to through traffic on 1 November 1981. The track
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Widnes Dock
Junction and the flat crossing were causing problems of congestion and the LNWR dealt with this by building a deviation line of just under 1.5 miles (2 km) to the north of the original west–east line, crossing the line leading north to St Helens by a bridge. The deviation line was
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at
Gerards Bridge Junction. The company bought land at Garston with the intention of building a dock and linking it with a line to Runcorn Gap. This opened as a single line on 1 July 1852, although the dock was not opened to shipping until 21 July 1853. On 21 May 1851, a sharp curve connection had
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was built, which led into the Mersey. This was the world's first rail-to-ship facility. Because of perceived competition from the railway, the Sankey Canal was extended from
Fiddlers Ferry to Runcorn Gap by what was known as the "New Cut". The railway terminated between the dock and the end of the
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on 21 February 1833 but the dock was not completed until August 1833. The extension to the Sankey Canal opened on 24 July 1833. From Widnes Dock, a single line crossed the extension to the canal by a swing bridge and then climbed steeply, so steeply that for a section trains had to be pulled by a
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An Act for making a
Railway from the Cowley Hill Colliery, in the Parish of Prescot to Runcorn Gap, in the same Parish (with several Branches therefrom), all in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for constructing a Wet Dock at the termination of the said Railway at Runcorn Gap
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in 1864. The line from St Helens to Widnes and the branch to Rainford are now closed, the latter terminating at the Pilkington Glass' Cowley Hill works siding near Gerard's Bridge, but part of the lines to Garston and to Warrington are still in operation.
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to Ditton Junction, west of Widnes, the Garston extension became part of the Liverpool-London main line. Following the merger of most of Britain's railways into four private companies in 1923, the line from St Helens to Widnes became part of the
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manufacturer, and Peter Greenall, who had interests in the brewing, coal and glass manufacturing industries. Peter Greenall was elected as the first chairman of a board of ten directors. At the south end of the railway,
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An Act to enable the Saint Helens Canal and Railway Company to make a Railway from the Township of Eccleston to the Township of Garston, with Branches therefrom, and Docks at Garston aforesaid, all in the County of
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from 33.3% to 5.5% and the railway company was paying no dividend. The companies agreed to a merger, with the railway company buying out the canal company to form the St Helens Canal and Railway Company (SHCR).
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and had a staff of 122, was described as being "ramshackle". It set about to improve the situation, doubling the track and easing the gradients so that the whole line could be operated by steam locomotives.
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authorised on 5 July 1865 and opened on 1 November 1869. The line was connected to the St Helens and it included a new station for passengers. With the opening of the line from
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An Act to enable the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amending the Provisions of the several Acts relating to such Railway.
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has been lifted and some of the southern part of the route is occupied by Watkinson Way, a road providing an easterly bypass for Widnes and connecting the
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which opened in 1825, in 1829 a group of local businessmen arranged for a survey for a line from Cowley Hill Colliery, north of St Helens, to
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c. cxvii) enabling this was received on 21 July 1845. The company, which owned nine-second-hand
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place on 31 July 1864. Runcorn Gap station was renamed Widnes station on 1 September 1864.
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to the area which would later develop into the town of
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The Widnes to St Helens Railway in Halton 1833–1982
4493:Information about the disused stations on the line
4488:Information about the disused stations on the line
37:Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first bridge
4339:"Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands"
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3201:Details of the line around Widnes, 1909 (left)
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3378:
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4461:Welbourn, Nigel (2008).
3936:Lancashire Union Railway
3505:Charles Blacker Vignoles
2070:Cheshire Lines Committee
748:South Lancashire Railway
4513:The line's history via
3983:Ditton Junction station
3467:With the coming of the
2860:Liverpool South Parkway
1464:Chester–Warrington line
4465:. Hersham: Ian Allan.
4442:Tolson, J. M. (1982).
4127:Bishops Castle Railway
3974:Runcorn Railway Bridge
3446:1 & 2 Vict. c. xxi
3208:Railway Clearing House
2076:(Liverpool–Manchester)
660:(original GCR station)
4003:Silver Jubilee Bridge
3972:across the Mersey on
3469:Industrial Revolution
3109:Liverpool Lime Street
1167:Liverpool Lime Street
802:Liverpool Lime Street
4508:Skelmersdale History
4409:Holt, G. O. (1986).
4068:improve this section
1620:West Coast Main Line
1561:High Level│Low Level
1555:Warrington Bank Quay
1239:Farnworth & Bold
1217:Union Bank Farm Halt
794:Liverpool–Wigan line
598:Liverpool–Wigan line
4373:A History of Widnes
3257:Independent company
2624:Church Road Garston
943:Manchester Victoria
606:Wigan North Western
291:Skelmersdale branch
3985:was nicknamed the
3963:Later developments
2663:Container terminal
1086:St Helens Junction
62:North West England
4472:978-0-7110-3190-6
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1417:Warrington Arpley
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694:St Helens Central
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3599:8 & 9 Vict.
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2564:
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2520:
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2479:
2472:
2457:
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2434:
2419:
2408:Weaver Junction
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2287:
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2222:
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2942:
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2929:
2927:
2920:
2918:
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2913:
2912:
2899:
2897:
2895:
2887:
2879:
2878:
2877:
2870:
2868:
2866:
2863:
2862:
2857:
2855:
2848:
2846:
2844:
2841:
2840:
2835:
2833:
2831:
2823:
2815:
2814:
2813:
2805:
2797:
2790:
2789:
2788:
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2779:
2777:
2774:
2773:
2768:
2767:
2760:
2759:
2745:
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2734:
2726:
2718:
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2709:
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2700:
2698:
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2689:
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2680:
2673:
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2669:
2666:
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2657:
2655:
2648:
2641:
2634:
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2627:
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2621:
2619:
2612:
2605:
2603:
2601:
2598:
2597:
2592:
2591:
2584:
2583:
2582:1864 extension
2576:
2574:
2572:
2565:
2558:
2556:
2554:
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2507:
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2499:
2492:
2490:
2488:
2485:
2484:
2482:
2480:
2473:
2466:
2464:
2462:
2459:
2458:
2455:Runcorn Bridge
2453:
2451:
2449:
2442:
2435:
2428:
2426:
2424:
2421:
2420:
2415:
2414:
2403:
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2388:
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2377:
2370:
2363:
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2337:
2334:
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2328:
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2319:
2312:
2310:
2308:
2305:
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2299:
2297:
2295:
2288:
2281:
2279:
2277:
2274:
2273:
2270:
2265:
2263:
2256:
2249:
2247:
2245:
2242:
2241:
2238:
2233:
2231:
2224:
2216:
2208:
2207:
2206:
2198:
2190:
2189:
2188:
2186:
2184:
2181:
2180:
2175:
2173:
2166:
2159:
2152:
2145:
2143:
2141:
2138:
2137:
2132:
2130:
2123:
2115:
2107:
2106:
2105:
2098:
2091:
2089:
2087:
2084:
2083:
2078:
2077:
2073:
2072:
2053:
2051:
2049:
2041:
2033:
2032:
2031:
2023:
2015:
2008:
2001:
1994:
1993:
1992:
1984:
1976:
1975:
1974:
1967:
1959:
1951:
1950:
1949:
1947:
1945:
1942:
1941:
1939:Widnes Central
1936:
1934:
1927:
1920:
1912:
1904:
1903:
1902:
1895:
1888:
1886:
1884:
1881:
1880:
1875:
1873:
1866:
1859:
1852:
1845:
1843:
1841:
1838:
1837:
1832:
1831:
1824:
1823:
1809:
1807:
1805:
1798:
1791:
1784:
1782:
1780:
1777:
1776:
1771:
1769:
1762:
1755:
1753:
1751:
1748:
1747:
1742:
1740:
1733:
1726:
1719:
1717:
1715:
1712:
1711:
1706:
1704:
1697:
1690:
1688:
1686:
1683:
1682:
1680:Sankey Bridges
1677:
1675:
1668:
1661:
1659:
1657:
1654:
1653:
1648:
1646:
1639:
1632:
1630:
1628:
1625:
1624:
1607:
1605:
1603:
1596:
1589:
1582:
1575:
1573:
1571:
1568:
1567:
1563:
1562:
1558:
1557:
1547:
1545:
1537:
1529:
1522:
1515:
1514:
1513:
1505:
1497:
1496:
1495:
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1475:
1474:
1467:
1466:
1452:
1450:
1448:
1441:
1434:
1427:
1425:
1423:
1420:
1419:
1414:
1412:
1405:
1398:
1396:
1394:
1391:
1390:
1384:Vladivar Vodka
1382:
1380:
1378:
1371:
1363:
1355:
1354:
1353:
1346:
1344:
1342:
1339:
1338:
1333:
1332:
1326:
1325:
1323:Warrington and
1311:
1309:
1307:
1300:
1293:
1291:
1289:
1286:
1285:
1280:
1278:
1271:
1269:
1267:
1264:
1263:
1258:
1256:
1249:
1247:
1245:
1242:
1241:
1236:
1234:
1227:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1219:
1214:
1212:
1205:
1203:
1201:
1198:
1197:
1192:
1190:
1183:
1181:
1179:
1176:
1175:
1170:
1169:
1162:
1161:
1147:
1145:
1143:
1136:
1129:
1127:
1125:
1122:
1121:
1119:
1117:
1110:
1103:
1096:
1094:
1092:
1089:
1088:
1083:
1081:
1074:
1066:
1058:
1057:
1056:
1048:
1040:
1039:
1038:
1031:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1023:
1018:
1016:
1009:
1002:
995:
987:
979:
978:
977:
969:
961:
960:
959:
957:
955:
952:
951:
946:
945:
938:
937:
923:
921:
919:
912:
905:
898:
891:
889:
887:
884:
883:
878:
876:
869:
867:
865:
862:
861:
859:Hays Chemicals
856:
854:
847:
840:
838:
836:
833:
832:
827:
825:
818:
816:
814:
811:
810:
805:
804:
797:
796:
782:
780:
778:
771:
764:
762:
760:
757:
756:
751:
750:
744:
743:
729:
727:
725:
718:
711:
704:
702:
700:
697:
696:
691:
689:
682:
675:
673:
671:
668:
667:
663:
662:
656:
655:
645:
643:
636:
629:
622:
620:
618:
615:
614:
609:
608:
601:
600:
586:
584:
582:
575:
568:
566:
564:
561:
560:
558:Gerards Bridge
555:
553:
546:
544:
542:
539:
538:
533:
531:
524:
522:
520:
517:
516:
511:
509:
502:
500:
498:
495:
494:
489:
487:
480:
478:
476:
473:
472:
467:
465:
458:
456:
454:
451:
450:
445:
443:
436:
434:
432:
429:
428:
423:
421:
414:
412:
410:
407:
406:
394:
392:
390:
383:
375:
367:
366:
365:
358:
356:
354:
351:
350:
348:
346:
338:
330:
329:
328:
320:
312:
311:
310:
303:
301:
299:
296:
295:
283:
281:
279:
272:
264:
256:
255:
254:
246:
238:
237:
236:
229:
227:
225:
222:
221:
216:
214:
207:
199:
191:
190:
189:
182:
180:
178:
175:
174:
162:
160:
158:
151:
144:
142:
140:
133:
132:
127:
117:
116:
113:
106:
105:
102:standard gauge
76:
70:
69:
65:
64:
51:
47:
46:
42:
41:
34:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4613:
4602:
4599:
4597:
4594:
4592:
4589:
4587:
4584:
4582:
4579:
4577:
4574:
4572:
4569:
4567:
4564:
4562:
4559:
4557:
4554:
4552:
4549:
4547:
4544:
4542:
4539:
4537:
4534:
4532:
4529:
4528:
4526:
4517:
4516:
4515:Grace's Guide
4511:
4509:
4506:
4504:
4501:
4499:
4496:
4494:
4491:
4489:
4486:
4485:
4474:
4468:
4464:
4459:
4455:
4453:0-85361-292-7
4449:
4445:
4440:
4436:
4430:
4422:
4420:0-946537-34-8
4416:
4412:
4407:
4403:
4399:
4395:
4391:
4386:
4382:
4378:
4374:
4369:
4368:
4366:
4365:
4347:
4340:
4334:
4327:
4321:
4312:
4303:
4294:
4292:
4285:Diggle, p. 19
4282:
4280:
4270:
4261:
4252:
4250:
4248:
4241:Diggle, p. 18
4238:
4236:
4226:
4224:
4217:Diggle, p. 17
4214:
4206:
4200:
4198:
4196:
4194:
4192:
4190:
4188:
4186:
4184:
4182:
4180:
4178:
4173:
4171:
4170:
4158:
4154:
4150:
4146:
4143:
4139:
4138:
4134:
4132:
4128:
4124:
4121:
4117:
4113:
4109:
4108:
4107:
4098:
4095:
4087:
4077:
4073:
4069:
4063:
4062:
4058:
4053:This section
4051:
4047:
4042:
4041:
4033:
4031:
4027:
4022:
4018:
4014:
4012:
4008:
4004:
3999:
3998:Ditton Dodger
3995:
3990:
3988:
3987:Ditton Dodger
3984:
3980:
3975:
3971:
3960:
3957:
3952:
3950:
3949:flat crossing
3946:
3942:
3937:
3933:
3929:
3925:
3920:
3917:
3913:
3909:
3901:
3896:
3886:
3884:
3880:
3875:
3871:
3868:
3866:
3862:
3858:
3848:
3843:
3832:
3822:4 August 1853
3821:
3819:
3815:
3810:
3806:
3803:
3801:
3797:
3793:
3783:
3778:
3767:
3756:
3754:
3750:
3745:
3741:
3738:
3736:
3732:
3728:
3718:
3713:
3702:
3691:
3689:
3685:
3680:
3676:
3673:
3671:
3667:
3662:
3660:
3656:
3652:
3642:
3637:
3626:
3615:
3613:
3609:
3604:
3600:
3597:
3595:
3591:
3587:
3585:
3581:
3577:
3567:
3562:
3555:
3549:
3547:
3541:
3538:
3533:
3529:
3524:
3522:
3518:
3510:
3506:
3502:
3498:
3494:
3490:
3486:
3482:
3478:
3474:
3470:
3460:
3458:
3454:
3449:
3445:
3443:
3439:
3435:
3433:
3429:
3425:
3415:
3410:
3399:
3389:26 March 1834
3388:
3386:
3382:
3377:
3373:
3371:
3367:
3363:
3353:
3348:
3337:
3326:
3324:
3320:
3315:
3311:
3308:
3306:
3302:
3297:
3295:
3291:
3287:
3277:
3272:
3265:
3254:
3251:
3247:
3243:
3239:
3235:
3231:
3227:
3223:
3219:
3209:
3197:
3183:
3159:
3154:
3152:
3147:
3145:
3140:
3139:
3134:
3133:
3126:
3124:
3122:
3120:
3118:
3116:
3114:
3113:
3110:
3105:
3096:
3094:
3091:
3088:
3083:
3074:
3072:
3069:
3065:
3064:
3052:
3029:
3027:
3024:
3021:
3016:
3007:
3005:
3002:
2999:
2994:
2985:
2983:
2980:
2977:
2972:
2963:
2961:
2958:
2955:
2954:West Allerton
2950:
2941:
2939:
2936:
2933:
2928:
2919:
2917:
2914:
2910:
2909:
2896:
2869:
2867:
2864:
2861:
2856:
2847:
2845:
2842:
2838:
2832:
2780:
2778:
2775:
2766:
2762:
2761:
2758:
2755:
2754:
2742:
2701:
2699:
2696:
2693:
2688:
2672:
2670:
2667:
2664:
2661:
2656:
2633:
2631:
2628:
2625:
2620:
2604:
2602:
2599:
2590:
2586:
2585:
2581:
2580:
2573:
2557:
2555:
2552:
2549:
2544:
2535:
2533:
2530:
2527:
2522:
2513:
2511:
2508:
2505:
2500:
2491:
2489:
2486:
2481:
2465:
2463:
2460:
2456:
2450:
2427:
2425:
2422:
2413:
2409:
2405:
2404:
2401:
2398:
2397:
2385:
2362:
2360:
2357:
2354:
2349:
2340:
2338:
2335:
2332:
2327:
2311:
2309:
2306:
2302:
2296:
2280:
2278:
2275:
2269:
2264:
2248:
2246:
2243:
2237:
2232:
2187:
2185:
2182:
2179:
2174:
2144:
2142:
2139:
2136:
2131:
2090:
2088:
2085:
2075:
2074:
2071:
2068:
2067:
2050:
1948:
1946:
1943:
1940:
1935:
1887:
1885:
1882:
1879:
1878:Tanhouse Lane
1874:
1844:
1842:
1839:
1830:
1826:
1825:
1822:
1819:
1818:
1806:
1783:
1781:
1778:
1775:
1770:
1754:
1752:
1749:
1746:
1741:
1718:
1716:
1713:
1710:
1705:
1689:
1687:
1684:
1681:
1676:
1660:
1658:
1655:
1652:
1647:
1631:
1629:
1626:
1622:
1621:
1604:
1574:
1572:
1569:
1560:
1559:
1556:
1553:
1552:
1546:
1487:
1485:
1482:
1473:
1469:
1468:
1465:
1462:
1461:
1449:
1426:
1424:
1421:
1418:
1413:
1397:
1395:
1392:
1388:
1385:
1379:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1331:
1328:
1327:
1324:
1321:
1320:
1308:
1292:
1290:
1287:
1284:
1279:
1270:
1268:
1265:
1262:
1257:
1248:
1246:
1243:
1240:
1235:
1226:
1224:
1221:
1218:
1213:
1204:
1202:
1199:
1196:
1191:
1182:
1180:
1177:
1168:
1164:
1163:
1160:
1157:
1156:
1144:
1128:
1126:
1123:
1118:
1095:
1093:
1090:
1087:
1082:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1022:
1017:
958:
956:
953:
944:
940:
939:
936:
933:
932:
920:
890:
888:
885:
882:
877:
868:
866:
863:
860:
855:
839:
837:
834:
831:
830:Peasley Cross
826:
817:
815:
812:
803:
799:
798:
795:
792:
791:
779:
763:
761:
758:
749:
746:
745:
742:
739:
738:
726:
703:
701:
698:
695:
690:
674:
672:
669:
661:
658:
657:
654:
651:
650:
644:
621:
619:
616:
607:
603:
602:
599:
596:
595:
583:
567:
565:
562:
559:
554:
545:
543:
540:
537:
532:
523:
521:
518:
515:
510:
501:
499:
496:
493:
488:
479:
477:
474:
471:
470:Old Mill Lane
466:
457:
455:
452:
449:
444:
435:
433:
430:
427:
422:
413:
411:
408:
404:
403:
391:
357:
355:
352:
347:
302:
300:
297:
293:
292:
280:
228:
226:
223:
220:
215:
181:
179:
176:
172:
171:
159:
143:
141:
138:
135:
134:
130:
126:
125:
122:
119:
118:
112:
111:
107:
103:
79:1,435 mm
77:
75:
71:
66:
63:
59:
55:
52:
48:
43:
32:
27:
22:
19:
4514:
4462:
4443:
4410:
4389:
4372:
4363:
4362:
4350:. Retrieved
4345:
4333:
4320:
4311:
4302:
4269:
4260:
4255:Hardie, p. 4
4213:
4204:
4168:
4167:
4148:
4135:
4130:
4115:
4111:
4105:
4090:
4081:
4066:Please help
4054:
4030:High Speed 2
4023:
4019:
4015:
4011:Spike Island
4007:M62 motorway
3997:
3991:
3986:
3966:
3953:
3921:
3916:tank engines
3903:
3900:Royal assent
3892:
3887:26 June 1857
3883:Royal assent
3818:Royal assent
3757:22 July 1847
3753:Royal assent
3692:16 July 1846
3688:Royal assent
3616:21 July 1845
3612:Royal assent
3542:
3525:
3512:
3477:Sankey Canal
3473:River Mersey
3466:
3461:11 June 1838
3457:Royal assent
3385:Royal assent
3323:Royal assent
3225:
3217:
3215:
3056:
2976:Mossley Hill
2900:
2692:Garston Dock
2301:swing bridge
2178:Widnes South
1608:
395:
284:
163:
120:
18:
4352:19 November
4315:Holt, p. 62
4306:Holt, p. 68
4229:Holt, p. 59
4149:White Raven
4036:Locomotives
3677:c. clxxxiii
3537:Widnes Dock
3530:, soap and
3497:Runcorn Gap
3327:29 May 1830
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