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Crewe railway station serves the railway town of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. It opened in 1837 and is one of the most historically significant railway stations in the world. [3] [4] Crewe station is a major junction on the West Coast Main Line and serves as a rail gateway for North West England.
Crewe Station A: Open for display purposes, this box was moved onto the site after closure in 1985. Crewe North Junction: Built in 1939 and designed to withstand the Luftwaffe bombs of World War II, the box is constructed out of concrete and has an 46 cm (18") thick roof and 38 cm (15") thick walls. Located between the West Coast Main Line and ...
Until the Grand Junction Railway established a railway station in 1837, Crewe was a "tiny township with a few farms". [2] There are only two listed buildings dating from before the arrival of the railway: a much altered farmhouse that probably originated in the 16th century [3] and a timber-framed farmhouse dating from the late 17th century. [4]
Crewe Station 'A' operated absolute block working on platform 1 and Down Through 1, with a bell and direction selector for each in North Junction. As with South Junction, Station 'A' closed on 2 June 1985. Crewe Station 'A' was then preserved and moved to Crewe Heritage Centre where it can now be seen. It will shortly (Winter 2010) be re ...
The bridge carried the 18-inch, single-line tramway down its centre. The spider bridge terminated at the station in a "T" junction with a footbridge spanning all passenger platforms at the north end of the station. The bridge from the works survived as a footbridge until 1939, but was apparently little used by locomotives after 1920.
The Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway was a railway company which was previously owned by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), built to connect Crewe with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway which was jointly owned with GWR. Authorised in 1853, planning difficulties accessing the GWR station at Shrewsbury delayed opening
Basford Hall Yard is a railway marshalling yard near the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England.The yard, which is 0.93 miles (1.5 km) south of Crewe railway station, was opened in 1901 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
The company then settled on the route through Crewe and the station was built in fields near Crewe Hall. The station was in the township of Crewe, but the land north-west of the station was in the neighbouring township of Monks Coppenhall, which formed part of the parish of Coppenhall. The company built its main locomotive works to the north of ...