Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway
Overview
LocaleNorthwest England
Dates of operation1853 (1853)–1985 (1985)
Route map

Baguley
Timperley
to Glazebrook
(disused line)
Broadheath
Dunham Massey
Heatley & Warburton
Lymm
Thelwall
Latchford Viaduct
Latchford
former Vladivar Vodka distillery
Warrington Wilderspool
Warrington Arpley
Warrington Bank Quay
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High Level
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1851
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for making a Railway from Warrington to Altrincham, with a Branch to join the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway at Lower Walton, to be called the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway; and for other Purposes.
Citation14 & 15 Vict. c. lxxi
Dates
Royal assent3 July 1851
Text of statute as originally enacted
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1853
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to enable the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company to make Deviations and Branches at Warrington, and to use certain neighbouring Railways.
Citation16 & 17 Vict. c. ccxviii
Dates
Royal assent20 August 1853
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway was a railway line that was in operation from 1 November 1853 to 7 July 1985. The railway was created by an act of Parliament, the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. lxxi), on 3 July 1851 to build a line between Timperley Junction on the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), to provide a through route to Manchester, and Warrington Arpley on the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway providing a link with Liverpool.