Monument record 2468/1/0 - Chester to Crewe Line (L & NWR)

The Chester to Crewe line was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1837, opening in 1840. The line entered Chester from the east following the canal up to Flookersbrook where an early ad hoc station operated around Brook Lodge until the Chester General Station was built. Although the line has shared a station with the Birkenhead line they were not connected until the 20th century. The main engineer was Robert Stephenson.

Although originally built independent of the main railway companies, it was absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway shortly before it opened in 1840. The Grand Junction itself was subsequently absorbed by the London and North Western Railway (1)

<1> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, p91 (Book). SCH3556.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester, /15 (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<4> Bolger. P., 1984, An illustrated history of the Cheshire Lines Committee, p25 (Book). SCH6823.