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been made on this line from the main line at what was to become known as Widnes Dock
Junction. The following year a new Runcorn Gap station was opened nearer to the rapidly growing town of Widnes. The next project was to build a branch line to Warrington. This was opened on 1 February 1853, extending to a temporary station at White Cross, Warrington. In the following year it was extended to meet the
3559:. Haulage by a stationary engine was also necessary for a section further north at Sutton near St Helens. The Liverpool and Manchester line was crossed by an iron bridge south of St Helens. The line was originally intended for freight but public demand led to passenger coaches being added to the rear of the trains, this service starting in September 1833.
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Work is close to completion in 2014 to reclaim the section of the railway that ran from Clock Face to
Farnworth and Bold as a footpath for walkers and cyclists. Drainage and the majority of the new footpath has now been laid for the public and is already accessible. The footpath can now be enjoyed as
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As of 2009, where the line runs near the St Helens Retail Park, the embankment has been reinforced and is said to be for a rail link for visitors from out of town to the new Saints RLFC stadium. It is also rumoured that the track on Robins Lane will be relaid to connect through to St Helens
Junction.
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Garston. Following discussions, the LNWR leased the line from Garston to Warrington with effect from 1 September 1860, paying ÂŁ5,000 for the first year and ÂŁ12,000 annually from 1861. On 29 July 1864, an act of Parliament was passed which allowed SHCR to be absorbed by LNWR, and the transfer took
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Work on the line proceeded slowly and its costs overran the estimate. It did not open until 1833, but in
November 1832 a train with coal wagons ran over the track because of a wager between one of the owners and the engineer that a train would pass over it by December 1832. The line opened officially
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ended on 16 June 1951. Freight traffic initially continued to be heavy but it declined during the 1960s. In 1969, the line north from
Farnworth and Bold station was singled and in 1975 the line south of the station was also singled. The line closed to through traffic on 1 November 1981. The track
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Widnes Dock
Junction and the flat crossing were causing problems of congestion and the LNWR dealt with this by building a deviation line of just under 1.5 miles (2 km) to the north of the original west–east line, crossing the line leading north to St Helens by a bridge. The deviation line was
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at
Gerards Bridge Junction. The company bought land at Garston with the intention of building a dock and linking it with a line to Runcorn Gap. This opened as a single line on 1 July 1852, although the dock was not opened to shipping until 21 July 1853. On 21 May 1851, a sharp curve connection had
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was built, which led into the Mersey. This was the world's first rail-to-ship facility. Because of perceived competition from the railway, the Sankey Canal was extended from
Fiddlers Ferry to Runcorn Gap by what was known as the "New Cut". The railway terminated between the dock and the end of the
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on 21 February 1833 but the dock was not completed until August 1833. The extension to the Sankey Canal opened on 24 July 1833. From Widnes Dock, a single line crossed the extension to the canal by a swing bridge and then climbed steeply, so steeply that for a section trains had to be pulled by a
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An Act for making a
Railway from the Cowley Hill Colliery, in the Parish of Prescot to Runcorn Gap, in the same Parish (with several Branches therefrom), all in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for constructing a Wet Dock at the termination of the said Railway at Runcorn Gap
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in 1864. The line from St Helens to Widnes and the branch to Rainford are now closed, the latter terminating at the Pilkington Glass' Cowley Hill works siding near Gerard's Bridge, but part of the lines to Garston and to Warrington are still in operation.
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to Ditton Junction, west of Widnes, the Garston extension became part of the Liverpool-London main line. Following the merger of most of Britain's railways into four private companies in 1923, the line from St Helens to Widnes became part of the
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manufacturer, and Peter Greenall, who had interests in the brewing, coal and glass manufacturing industries. Peter Greenall was elected as the first chairman of a board of ten directors. At the south end of the railway,
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An Act to enable the Saint Helens Canal and Railway Company to make a Railway from the Township of Eccleston to the Township of Garston, with Branches therefrom, and Docks at Garston aforesaid, all in the County of
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from 33.3% to 5.5% and the railway company was paying no dividend. The companies agreed to a merger, with the railway company buying out the canal company to form the St Helens Canal and Railway Company (SHCR).
3962:. In the 1860s people could travel eastwards from Runcorn Gap to Warrington and, from there, to Manchester, London and many other places. They could also travel west to Liverpool by taking a ship at Garston.
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and had a staff of 122, was described as being "ramshackle". It set about to improve the situation, doubling the track and easing the gradients so that the whole line could be operated by steam locomotives.
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authorised on 5 July 1865 and opened on 1 November 1869. The line was connected to the St Helens and it included a new station for passengers. With the opening of the line from
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An Act to enable the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amending the Provisions of the several Acts relating to such Railway.
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has been lifted and some of the southern part of the route is occupied by Watkinson Way, a road providing an easterly bypass for Widnes and connecting the
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which opened in 1825, in 1829 a group of local businessmen arranged for a survey for a line from Cowley Hill Colliery, north of St Helens, to
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The new company then set about planning branch lines and connections. There had been a plan to build northwards from St Helens towards
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c. cxvii) enabling this was received on 21 July 1845. The company, which owned nine-second-hand
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place on 31 July 1864. Runcorn Gap station was renamed Widnes station on 1 September 1864.
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The Widnes to St Helens Railway in Halton 1833–1982
4504:Information about the disused stations on the line
4499:Information about the disused stations on the line
48:Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first bridge
4350:"Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands"
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4455:The St Helens Railway: its rivals and successors
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3212:Details of the line around Widnes, 1909 (left)
4166:equipped with Radial axles. Later rebuilt to
3198:Details of the line at Rainford, 1908 (lower)
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4401:A History of the Chemical Industry of Widnes
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4547:Closed railway lines in North West England
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4472:Welbourn, Nigel (2008).
3947:Lancashire Union Railway
3516:Charles Blacker Vignoles
2081:Cheshire Lines Committee
759:South Lancashire Railway
4524:The line's history via
3994:Ditton Junction station
3478:With the coming of the
2871:Liverpool South Parkway
1475:Chester–Warrington line
4476:. Hersham: Ian Allan.
4453:Tolson, J. M. (1982).
4138:Bishops Castle Railway
3985:Runcorn Railway Bridge
3457:1 & 2 Vict. c. xxi
3219:Railway Clearing House
2087:(Liverpool–Manchester)
671:(original GCR station)
4014:Silver Jubilee Bridge
3983:across the Mersey on
3480:Industrial Revolution
3120:Liverpool Lime Street
1178:Liverpool Lime Street
813:Liverpool Lime Street
4519:Skelmersdale History
4420:Holt, G. O. (1986).
4079:improve this section
1631:West Coast Main Line
1572:High Level│Low Level
1566:Warrington Bank Quay
1250:Farnworth & Bold
1228:Union Bank Farm Halt
805:Liverpool–Wigan line
609:Liverpool–Wigan line
4384:A History of Widnes
3268:Independent company
2635:Church Road Garston
954:Manchester Victoria
617:Wigan North Western
302:Skelmersdale branch
3996:was nicknamed the
3974:Later developments
2674:Container terminal
1097:St Helens Junction
73:North West England
4483:978-0-7110-3190-6
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3006:
3004:
2997:
2995:
2993:
2990:
2989:
2984:
2982:
2975:
2973:
2971:
2968:
2967:
2962:
2960:
2953:
2951:
2949:
2946:
2945:
2940:
2938:
2931:
2929:
2927:
2924:
2923:
2910:
2908:
2906:
2898:
2890:
2889:
2888:
2881:
2879:
2877:
2874:
2873:
2868:
2866:
2859:
2857:
2855:
2852:
2851:
2846:
2844:
2842:
2834:
2826:
2825:
2824:
2816:
2808:
2801:
2800:
2799:
2792:
2790:
2788:
2785:
2784:
2779:
2778:
2771:
2770:
2756:
2754:
2752:
2745:
2737:
2729:
2728:
2727:
2720:
2713:
2711:
2709:
2706:
2705:
2700:
2698:
2691:
2684:
2682:
2680:
2677:
2676:
2668:
2666:
2659:
2652:
2645:
2643:
2641:
2638:
2637:
2632:
2630:
2623:
2616:
2614:
2612:
2609:
2608:
2603:
2602:
2595:
2594:
2593:1864 extension
2587:
2585:
2583:
2576:
2569:
2567:
2565:
2562:
2561:
2556:
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2499:
2496:
2495:
2493:
2491:
2484:
2477:
2475:
2473:
2470:
2469:
2466:Runcorn Bridge
2464:
2462:
2460:
2453:
2446:
2439:
2437:
2435:
2432:
2431:
2426:
2425:
2414:
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2374:
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2367:
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2337:
2330:
2323:
2321:
2319:
2316:
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2310:
2308:
2306:
2299:
2292:
2290:
2288:
2285:
2284:
2281:
2276:
2274:
2267:
2260:
2258:
2256:
2253:
2252:
2249:
2244:
2242:
2235:
2227:
2219:
2218:
2217:
2209:
2201:
2200:
2199:
2197:
2195:
2192:
2191:
2186:
2184:
2177:
2170:
2163:
2156:
2154:
2152:
2149:
2148:
2143:
2141:
2134:
2126:
2118:
2117:
2116:
2109:
2102:
2100:
2098:
2095:
2094:
2089:
2088:
2084:
2083:
2064:
2062:
2060:
2052:
2044:
2043:
2042:
2034:
2026:
2019:
2012:
2005:
2004:
2003:
1995:
1987:
1986:
1985:
1978:
1970:
1962:
1961:
1960:
1958:
1956:
1953:
1952:
1950:Widnes Central
1947:
1945:
1938:
1931:
1923:
1915:
1914:
1913:
1906:
1899:
1897:
1895:
1892:
1891:
1886:
1884:
1877:
1870:
1863:
1856:
1854:
1852:
1849:
1848:
1843:
1842:
1835:
1834:
1820:
1818:
1816:
1809:
1802:
1795:
1793:
1791:
1788:
1787:
1782:
1780:
1773:
1766:
1764:
1762:
1759:
1758:
1753:
1751:
1744:
1737:
1730:
1728:
1726:
1723:
1722:
1717:
1715:
1708:
1701:
1699:
1697:
1694:
1693:
1691:Sankey Bridges
1688:
1686:
1679:
1672:
1670:
1668:
1665:
1664:
1659:
1657:
1650:
1643:
1641:
1639:
1636:
1635:
1618:
1616:
1614:
1607:
1600:
1593:
1586:
1584:
1582:
1579:
1578:
1574:
1573:
1569:
1568:
1558:
1556:
1548:
1540:
1533:
1526:
1525:
1524:
1516:
1508:
1507:
1506:
1499:
1497:
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1492:
1491:
1486:
1485:
1478:
1477:
1463:
1461:
1459:
1452:
1445:
1438:
1436:
1434:
1431:
1430:
1425:
1423:
1416:
1409:
1407:
1405:
1402:
1401:
1395:Vladivar Vodka
1393:
1391:
1389:
1382:
1374:
1366:
1365:
1364:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1349:
1344:
1343:
1337:
1336:
1334:Warrington and
1322:
1320:
1318:
1311:
1304:
1302:
1300:
1297:
1296:
1291:
1289:
1282:
1280:
1278:
1275:
1274:
1269:
1267:
1260:
1258:
1256:
1253:
1252:
1247:
1245:
1238:
1236:
1234:
1231:
1230:
1225:
1223:
1216:
1214:
1212:
1209:
1208:
1203:
1201:
1194:
1192:
1190:
1187:
1186:
1181:
1180:
1173:
1172:
1158:
1156:
1154:
1147:
1140:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1132:
1130:
1128:
1121:
1114:
1107:
1105:
1103:
1100:
1099:
1094:
1092:
1085:
1077:
1069:
1068:
1067:
1059:
1051:
1050:
1049:
1042:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1034:
1029:
1027:
1020:
1013:
1006:
998:
990:
989:
988:
980:
972:
971:
970:
968:
966:
963:
962:
957:
956:
949:
948:
934:
932:
930:
923:
916:
909:
902:
900:
898:
895:
894:
889:
887:
880:
878:
876:
873:
872:
870:Hays Chemicals
867:
865:
858:
851:
849:
847:
844:
843:
838:
836:
829:
827:
825:
822:
821:
816:
815:
808:
807:
793:
791:
789:
782:
775:
773:
771:
768:
767:
762:
761:
755:
754:
740:
738:
736:
729:
722:
715:
713:
711:
708:
707:
702:
700:
693:
686:
684:
682:
679:
678:
674:
673:
667:
666:
656:
654:
647:
640:
633:
631:
629:
626:
625:
620:
619:
612:
611:
597:
595:
593:
586:
579:
577:
575:
572:
571:
569:Gerards Bridge
566:
564:
557:
555:
553:
550:
549:
544:
542:
535:
533:
531:
528:
527:
522:
520:
513:
511:
509:
506:
505:
500:
498:
491:
489:
487:
484:
483:
478:
476:
469:
467:
465:
462:
461:
456:
454:
447:
445:
443:
440:
439:
434:
432:
425:
423:
421:
418:
417:
405:
403:
401:
394:
386:
378:
377:
376:
369:
367:
365:
362:
361:
359:
357:
349:
341:
340:
339:
331:
323:
322:
321:
314:
312:
310:
307:
306:
294:
292:
290:
283:
275:
267:
266:
265:
257:
249:
248:
247:
240:
238:
236:
233:
232:
227:
225:
218:
210:
202:
201:
200:
193:
191:
189:
186:
185:
173:
171:
169:
162:
155:
153:
151:
144:
143:
138:
128:
127:
124:
117:
116:
113:standard gauge
87:
81:
80:
76:
75:
62:
58:
57:
53:
52:
45:
37:
36:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4624:
4613:
4610:
4608:
4605:
4603:
4600:
4598:
4595:
4593:
4590:
4588:
4585:
4583:
4580:
4578:
4575:
4573:
4570:
4568:
4565:
4563:
4560:
4558:
4555:
4553:
4550:
4548:
4545:
4543:
4540:
4539:
4537:
4528:
4527:
4526:Grace's Guide
4522:
4520:
4517:
4515:
4512:
4510:
4507:
4505:
4502:
4500:
4497:
4496:
4485:
4479:
4475:
4470:
4466:
4464:0-85361-292-7
4460:
4456:
4451:
4447:
4441:
4433:
4431:0-946537-34-8
4427:
4423:
4418:
4414:
4410:
4406:
4402:
4397:
4393:
4389:
4385:
4380:
4379:
4377:
4376:
4358:
4351:
4345:
4338:
4332:
4323:
4314:
4305:
4303:
4296:Diggle, p. 19
4293:
4291:
4281:
4272:
4263:
4261:
4259:
4252:Diggle, p. 18
4249:
4247:
4237:
4235:
4228:Diggle, p. 17
4225:
4217:
4211:
4209:
4207:
4205:
4203:
4201:
4199:
4197:
4195:
4193:
4191:
4189:
4184:
4182:
4181:
4169:
4165:
4161:
4157:
4154:
4150:
4149:
4145:
4143:
4139:
4135:
4132:
4128:
4124:
4120:
4119:
4118:
4109:
4106:
4098:
4088:
4084:
4080:
4074:
4073:
4069:
4064:This section
4062:
4058:
4053:
4052:
4044:
4042:
4038:
4033:
4029:
4025:
4023:
4019:
4015:
4010:
4009:Ditton Dodger
4006:
4001:
3999:
3998:Ditton Dodger
3995:
3991:
3986:
3982:
3971:
3968:
3963:
3961:
3960:flat crossing
3957:
3953:
3948:
3944:
3940:
3936:
3931:
3928:
3924:
3920:
3912:
3907:
3897:
3895:
3891:
3886:
3882:
3879:
3877:
3873:
3869:
3859:
3854:
3843:
3833:4 August 1853
3832:
3830:
3826:
3821:
3817:
3814:
3812:
3808:
3804:
3794:
3789:
3778:
3767:
3765:
3761:
3756:
3752:
3749:
3747:
3743:
3739:
3729:
3724:
3713:
3702:
3700:
3696:
3691:
3687:
3684:
3682:
3678:
3673:
3671:
3667:
3663:
3653:
3648:
3637:
3626:
3624:
3620:
3615:
3611:
3608:
3606:
3602:
3598:
3596:
3592:
3588:
3578:
3573:
3566:
3560:
3558:
3552:
3549:
3544:
3540:
3535:
3533:
3529:
3521:
3517:
3513:
3509:
3505:
3501:
3497:
3493:
3489:
3485:
3481:
3471:
3469:
3465:
3460:
3456:
3454:
3450:
3446:
3444:
3440:
3436:
3426:
3421:
3410:
3400:26 March 1834
3399:
3397:
3393:
3388:
3384:
3382:
3378:
3374:
3364:
3359:
3348:
3337:
3335:
3331:
3326:
3322:
3319:
3317:
3313:
3308:
3306:
3302:
3298:
3288:
3283:
3276:
3265:
3262:
3258:
3254:
3250:
3246:
3242:
3238:
3234:
3230:
3220:
3208:
3194:
3170:
3165:
3163:
3158:
3156:
3151:
3150:
3145:
3144:
3137:
3135:
3133:
3131:
3129:
3127:
3125:
3124:
3121:
3116:
3107:
3105:
3102:
3099:
3094:
3085:
3083:
3080:
3076:
3075:
3063:
3040:
3038:
3035:
3032:
3027:
3018:
3016:
3013:
3010:
3005:
2996:
2994:
2991:
2988:
2983:
2974:
2972:
2969:
2966:
2965:West Allerton
2961:
2952:
2950:
2947:
2944:
2939:
2930:
2928:
2925:
2921:
2920:
2907:
2880:
2878:
2875:
2872:
2867:
2858:
2856:
2853:
2849:
2843:
2791:
2789:
2786:
2777:
2773:
2772:
2769:
2766:
2765:
2753:
2712:
2710:
2707:
2704:
2699:
2683:
2681:
2678:
2675:
2672:
2667:
2644:
2642:
2639:
2636:
2631:
2615:
2613:
2610:
2601:
2597:
2596:
2592:
2591:
2584:
2568:
2566:
2563:
2560:
2555:
2546:
2544:
2541:
2538:
2533:
2524:
2522:
2519:
2516:
2511:
2502:
2500:
2497:
2492:
2476:
2474:
2471:
2467:
2461:
2438:
2436:
2433:
2424:
2420:
2416:
2415:
2412:
2409:
2408:
2396:
2373:
2371:
2368:
2365:
2360:
2351:
2349:
2346:
2343:
2338:
2322:
2320:
2317:
2313:
2307:
2291:
2289:
2286:
2280:
2275:
2259:
2257:
2254:
2248:
2243:
2198:
2196:
2193:
2190:
2185:
2155:
2153:
2150:
2147:
2142:
2101:
2099:
2096:
2086:
2085:
2082:
2079:
2078:
2061:
1959:
1957:
1954:
1951:
1946:
1898:
1896:
1893:
1890:
1889:Tanhouse Lane
1885:
1855:
1853:
1850:
1841:
1837:
1836:
1833:
1830:
1829:
1817:
1794:
1792:
1789:
1786:
1781:
1765:
1763:
1760:
1757:
1752:
1729:
1727:
1724:
1721:
1716:
1700:
1698:
1695:
1692:
1687:
1671:
1669:
1666:
1663:
1658:
1642:
1640:
1637:
1633:
1632:
1615:
1585:
1583:
1580:
1571:
1570:
1567:
1564:
1563:
1557:
1498:
1496:
1493:
1484:
1480:
1479:
1476:
1473:
1472:
1460:
1437:
1435:
1432:
1429:
1424:
1408:
1406:
1403:
1399:
1396:
1390:
1356:
1354:
1351:
1342:
1339:
1338:
1335:
1332:
1331:
1319:
1303:
1301:
1298:
1295:
1290:
1281:
1279:
1276:
1273:
1268:
1259:
1257:
1254:
1251:
1246:
1237:
1235:
1232:
1229:
1224:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1207:
1202:
1193:
1191:
1188:
1179:
1175:
1174:
1171:
1168:
1167:
1155:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1129:
1106:
1104:
1101:
1098:
1093:
1041:
1039:
1036:
1033:
1028:
969:
967:
964:
955:
951:
950:
947:
944:
943:
931:
901:
899:
896:
893:
888:
879:
877:
874:
871:
866:
850:
848:
845:
842:
841:Peasley Cross
837:
828:
826:
823:
814:
810:
809:
806:
803:
802:
790:
774:
772:
769:
760:
757:
756:
753:
750:
749:
737:
714:
712:
709:
706:
701:
685:
683:
680:
672:
669:
668:
665:
662:
661:
655:
632:
630:
627:
618:
614:
613:
610:
607:
606:
594:
578:
576:
573:
570:
565:
556:
554:
551:
548:
543:
534:
532:
529:
526:
521:
512:
510:
507:
504:
499:
490:
488:
485:
482:
481:Old Mill Lane
477:
468:
466:
463:
460:
455:
446:
444:
441:
438:
433:
424:
422:
419:
415:
414:
402:
368:
366:
363:
358:
313:
311:
308:
304:
303:
291:
239:
237:
234:
231:
226:
192:
190:
187:
183:
182:
170:
154:
152:
149:
146:
145:
141:
137:
136:
133:
130:
129:
123:
122:
118:
114:
90:1,435 mm
88:
86:
82:
77:
74:
70:
66:
63:
59:
54:
43:
38:
33:
30:
19:
4525:
4473:
4454:
4421:
4400:
4383:
4374:
4373:
4361:. Retrieved
4356:
4344:
4331:
4322:
4313:
4280:
4271:
4266:Hardie, p. 4
4224:
4215:
4179:
4178:
4159:
4146:
4141:
4126:
4122:
4116:
4101:
4092:
4077:Please help
4065:
4041:High Speed 2
4034:
4030:
4026:
4022:Spike Island
4018:M62 motorway
4008:
4002:
3997:
3977:
3964:
3932:
3927:tank engines
3914:
3911:Royal assent
3903:
3898:26 June 1857
3894:Royal assent
3829:Royal assent
3768:22 July 1847
3764:Royal assent
3703:16 July 1846
3699:Royal assent
3627:21 July 1845
3623:Royal assent
3553:
3536:
3523:
3488:Sankey Canal
3484:River Mersey
3477:
3472:11 June 1838
3468:Royal assent
3396:Royal assent
3334:Royal assent
3236:
3228:
3226:
3067:
2987:Mossley Hill
2911:
2703:Garston Dock
2312:swing bridge
2189:Widnes South
1619:
406:
295:
174:
131:
29:
4363:19 November
4326:Holt, p. 62
4317:Holt, p. 68
4240:Holt, p. 59
4160:White Raven
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