Chester Northgate railway station
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Site of the former Chester Northgate Station in 2010
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| Location | |
| Place | Chester |
| Area | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Coordinates | 53°11′45″N 2°53′32″W / 53.1958°N 2.8921°WCoordinates: 53°11′45″N 2°53′32″W / 53.1958°N 2.8921°W |
| Grid reference | SJ405669 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Chester and West Cheshire Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 May 1875 | Station opened |
| 6 October 1969 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Chester Northgate is a former railway station in Chester, Cheshire, England, that was a terminus for the Cheshire Lines Committee and Great Central Railway. It was the city centre's second station (with Chester General) with regular services to Manchester Central, Seacombe and Wrexham Central.
The station, which was located on Victoria Road in the Newtown area of the city, was originally planned by the West Cheshire Railway in 1865. A year later the company was acquired by the Cheshire Lines Committee. It opened the station on 1 May 1875 for train services to Manchester Central on the Mid-Cheshire Line via Northwich. The CLC track crossed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and Great Western Railway line over a flying junction at Mickle Trafford.
Chester Northgate had a station building and a covered roof for each platform, it had four tracks with two side platforms, the central tracks being used to store carriages. One of the roofs had been removed by 1966. There were also lower level sidings that contained a locomotive yard.
In 1890 the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (renamed Great Central Railway in 1897) completed the 6 miles (9.7 km) Chester & Connah's Quay Railway to Hawarden Bridge. Services from Chester Northgate ran to Connah's Quay via Blacon; and also to Wrexham General and New Brighton, Wirral.
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