Monument record 2468/1/18 - Worleston Station

<1> Holt, G.O., 1978, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 10, the North West, p.45-46 (Book). SCH107.

Presumably Station building. Situated upon the Chester - Crewe Railway

<2> c.1840, Tithe Map for Hale, EDT 27/2, 1839 (Maps and Plans). SCH6959.

Although the Chester and Crewe branch of the Grand Junction Railway is depicted on this map of 1839, the station is not.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6557, 1876-1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

A station is depicted on this map. The station house is located on the southern side of the tracks, with a passing loop/siding to the immediate west. There is a signal box on the northern side of the tracks.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6557, 1909-1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts a footbridge connecting the platforms either side of the tracks. There is a crane adjacent to the passing loop/siding.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

The station house is still extant.

<6> Lambeth. R, Catford N, Young A., 2012, Disused Stations, Worleston (Web Site). SCH6822.

The station is assumed to have opened with the railway line on the 1/10/1840 and it was originally called Nantwich. When Nantwich got its own station in 1858, it was incorrectly renamed as Worlaston (1/9/1858). This was corrected to Worleston in May 1852. The station had two platforms with a sturdy brick built building on the Chester bound platform and wooden waiting facilities on the Crewe platform. Both platforms where linked by a footbridge. The station closed in 1952, though a goods service was maintained until November 1959.