Hassall Green railway station

Former railway station in Cheshire, England

Hassall Green

The station site photographed in 1999, looking towards Lawton

General information
Location| Sandbach, Cheshire
England
Coordinates| 53°07′14″N 2°20′11″W﻿ / ﻿53.1206°N 2.3364°W﻿ / 53.1206; -2.3364
Grid reference| SJ775582
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 April 1905| Opened[1]
28 July 1930| Closed for passengers[1]
1 November 1947| closed to Goods[2]

Hassall Green railway station is a disused railway station in Cheshire, England.

The station was situated on the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) branch line to Sandbach from Harecastle. The line opened in 1852 to serve the salt and chemical works in the Sandbach area and passenger services were a very late addition, not being introduced until 1893, 41 years after the opening of the line.[3]

The station at Hassall Green was a later addition to the passenger service. Two intermediate stations on the line, Wheelock & Sandbach and Lawton opened in 1893 but Hassall Green was only opened in 1905.[1] The station marked the end point of a single track section from Lawton and towards Sandbach the line was double track.[3]

Increasing competition from bus services led to the station and line being closed for passenger services on 28 July 1930.[4] Parcels traffic continued to be handled at the station until 1947 when the station closed completely.[5]

Freight traffic continued over the line until 1964[6] and the line was finally closed and lifted in 1971.

The signalbox and crossing gates are preserved and have since been relocated to Hadlow Road railway station in Willaston, Wirral, formally part of the Hooton and West Kirby branch line.[7]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Lawton
Line & station closed |  | North Staffordshire Railway
Sandbach branch line |  | Wheelock & Sandbach
Line & station closed

## References[edit]

Notes

1. ^ a b c Quick (2009), p. 204.
2. ^ Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "2.Sandbach Route". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781910356296. "XXII.There were limited goods facilities which ceased from 1st November 1947"
3. ^ a b Jeuda (2012), p. 33.
4. ^ Jeuda (2012), p. 34.
5. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 306.
6. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
7. ^ Kay, Peter (2010). SRS Signalling Atlas and Signal Box Directory. p. 73\. ISBN 978-1-873228-31-9.

Sources

* Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
* Jeuda, Basil (2012). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 2\. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-65-5.
* Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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