Ditton Jct. No.1 - Timperley Jct.
Date Closed to Passenger Services
10 Sep 1962
Mileage Closed
18m 55c
Stations Closed
Ditton (1st) (01/05/1871); Widnes (South); Cuerdley (05/01/1858); Fidler's Ferry & Penketh (02/01/1950); Sankey Bridges (26/09/1949); Warrington (Whitecross) (01/05/1854); Warrington Bank Quay (Low Level) (DRS 09/09/1963; DSSR 14/06/1965); Warrington (Arpley) (15/09/1958); Wilderspool (02/10/1871); Latchford (10/09/1962); Thelwall (17/09/1956); Lymm (10/09/1962); Heatley & Warburton (10/09/1962); Dunham Massey (10/09/1962); Dunham (04/1865); Broadheath (Altrincham) (10/09/1962)
Services Operated
Liverpool (Lime St.) - Ditton Junction - Warrington (Bank Quay) - Manchester (Oxford Rd.)
Liverpool (Lime St.) - York - see Notes below
Llandudno - York - see Notes below
Timetable Reference
BR(LM) 18 Jun - 9 Sep 62 Table 113; BR(LM) 7 Sep 64 - 13 Jun 65 Table 135; BR (LM) 3 May 71 - 30 Apr 72 Table 24
Cobb Atlas Reference
354 49 84 - 356 77 89
Present Status
Freight - Ditton Jct. - Latchford. Dismantled - remainder.
Map
RCH Lancashire & Cheshire Districts 1933
Further Notes
ACD - Mon 10/09/1962 - PNM 1980 p36 - date RTS withdrawn and intermediate stations closed. No Sunday service, LTR - Sat 08/09/1962.
N.B. Ditton Jct. No.1 - Broadheath Jct. (including the section of line to Northenden Jct. and Stockport Edgeley No.2 Jct.) continued to be used by the overnight Liverpool (Lime St.) - York 'mail train'. Latterly this was the 2235 SuO Liverpool (Lime St.) - York which continued to call at Warrington Bank Quay (Low Level) until LTR Sun 11/07/1965 - DSW. As this service qualifies as RTS (regular timetabled service) I acknowledge that this should determine the ACD for this line. However, as it traversed other sections of line it would require a disproportionate and inappropriate amount of splitting of lines that would bear little relation to the normal RTS operated. So here is the inevitable exception to the rule!
The line between (Walton Jct. -) Arpley Jct. and Broadheath Jct. (-Stockport Edgeley No.2 Jct.) continued in use by seasonal dated trains, the last being the 1625 SO Llandudno - York dated 12/06/1971 - 04/09/1971 - BLN 202 p79.
See Glazebrook East Jct. - Heaton Mersey East Jct.; Northenden Jct. - Stockport Edgeley No.2 Jct.
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