Patricroft Jct. - Molyneux Jct.
Date Closed to Passenger Services
Jun 1850
Mileage Closed
3m 27c*
Stations Closed
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Cobb Atlas Reference
369 76 98 - 370 79 03
Present Status
Dismantled
Map
RCH Manchester & District 1918
Further Notes
ACD - ?/06/1850 - C LNWR Ch.; CPLGB p24.
Clifton Tunnel, through which this line passed, was the scene of major collapse on 25/04/1953, with disastrous consequences for the people and properties above. See Black Harry's Timber Timebomb for a detailed account.
*RCH M&D 1918.
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