Cheshire Lines Committee - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Liverpool Central Station: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool Central Station - History
The original station, which was above ground, opened in 1874, at the end of the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line to Manchester. It rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chester Railway Station: Encyclopedia Ii - Chester Railway Station - History
Historically, Chester General station was a joint station between the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Central Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Central Railway - History
The MS&LR company was formed in 1847 by a merger of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway; the Sheffield & Linc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Railed Roads And Tramways 1676 To 1825
History of rail transport in Great Britain - Early rails. As early as 1676 railed roads were in use in Northumberland to ease the conve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southport: Encyclopedia Ii - Southport - Origin
Southport, in its present form, was founded by William Sutton in 1798. However, there have been settlements in the area for much longer t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - G-mex: Encyclopedia Ii - G-mex - History
Formerly the G-Mex was known as Central Station and was Manchester's fourth railway terminal. It was built between 1875–80 by the Chesh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Constituents Of The London And North Eastern Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Constituents Of The London And North Eastern Railway - Subsidiary Companies
List of constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway - Independently operated lines. Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 19 mile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Constituents Of The London Midland And Scottish Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Constituents Of The London Midland And Scottish Railway - Joint Railways
In 1923, now comprised wholly in the LMSR Carlisle Citadel Station and Goods Traffic Joint Committees (originally joint owned by various...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool And Manchester Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool And Manchester Railway - Historic Line
Liverpool and Manchester Railway - Up to Construction. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was intended to achieve cheap transport of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merseyrail: Encyclopedia Ii - Merseyrail - Network: The Loop And Link
The nucleus of the network are the underground sections in the centre of Liverpool and under the River Mersey to Birkenhead. The Mersey R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Railways In The Post-war World
In the post-war world, lifestyles underwent radical changes, cars became affordable to the masses, new road and motorways were built. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Grouping Period
During the First World War the whole system was taken under government control and run by the Railway Operating Division of the War Offic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Modernisation Plan
The modernisation plan of the mid to late 1950s, was intended to bring the railway system kicking and screaming into the 20th century. Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Nationalisation
The Transport Act 1947 nationalised all private forms of mass transport in Great Britain. The British Transport Commission (BTC) was form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The 1970s
The 1970s saw British Rail succesfully introduced high speed diesel train services in 1976 with the InterCity 125 High Speed Train (HST),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Following The Grouping: 1923-1947
In the 16 years before the outbreak of WWII the new companies set about the tremendous task of rebuilding railways which had had little o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The 1980s
In the 1980s the government of Margaret Thatcher was famously hostile to the railways. In 1983 a civil servant named David Serpell unviel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merseyrail: Encyclopedia Ii - Merseyrail - Fleet
Services on the Merseyrail network are operated by the 1978-built Class 507 and 1979-built Class 508 EMUs. There are a total of 59 trains...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Beeching Era
For main article see Beeching axe. By the early 1960s the railways were running at a huge deficit, and patience with them by the governme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Development Of The Railways 1825 To 1923
Two railways were the pioneers in railway development in England. History of rail transport in Great Britain - Liverpool and Manchester ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Central Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Central Railway - What Still Remains
Aside from the preserved double-track Great Central Railway and the preserved single-track Great Central Railway (North), passenger servi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southport: Encyclopedia Ii - Southport - Transport
Southport has a railway station with a frequent service of electric trains to Liverpool and a regular service to Wigan, Bolton, Mancheste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southport: Encyclopedia Ii - Southport - Economy
Tourism still plays a large part of the economic make-up of Southport but its reputation of being a nice place to live brings in wealthy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool And Manchester Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool And Manchester Railway - Modern Line
The original Liverpool and Manchester line still operates today as a secondary line between the two cities. Nowadays, the former Cheshire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Central Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Central Railway - Geography
The London Extension When it was operating, the London Extension began at Marylebone station in London, ran through northwest London incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Constituents Of The London Midland And Scottish Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Constituents Of The London Midland And Scottish Railway - Subsidiary Companies
Independently operated lines Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 30.5 miles (49 km) (partially worked by the Furness Railway) Knott ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Early Successes
The financial success of the early railways was phenomenal, as they had no real competition. The roads were still very slow and in poor c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Railway Mania
Although the Government was in favour of the development of trunk railways to stimulate economic recovery (in which they were tremendousl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Further Progress
The financial success of these lines was beyond all expectations and interests in London and Birmingham soon planned to build two lines t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Major Railway Companies In Great Britain
History of rail transport in Great Britain - English railways. Great Central Railway (GCR): before 1897 the GCR was called the Manches...   » Read the article