Closed Stations Journey quiz

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Miles Platting

Prior to that was Newton Heath.

 

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Newton Heath

 

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Looking at historical travel connections, no Manchester and Leeds Railway service which was then taking the line through Miles Platting to access the line of the Manchester and Bolton Railway ever used Manchester Exchange station, but passing through the open stations of Manchester Victoria and Salford Central, the first closed station to be met would be....

Oldfield Road

 

[Ash Bridge]

Windsor Bridge, Pendleton

 

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Pendleton Bridge

 

[Ash Bridge]

Agecroft Bridge

 

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Dixon Fold

 

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Windsor Bridge

 

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Lostock Lane

 

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Rawlinson Bridge

 

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Euxton (B&PR)

 

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Farrington

 

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Euxton (NUR)

 

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Euxton (NUR)

Not that one, as after leaving Farringon, we reversed at the open station of Preston where we left the North Union Railway and took the line of the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway as per the journey preamble)

 

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Todd Lane Junction

 

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Midge Hall

 

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Cocker Bar

 

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Ford (Merseyside)

 

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Linacre Road

 

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Bootle Village

 

[Ash Bridge]

Miller’s Bridge

 

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Liverpool Exchange is the final closed station on this journey

 

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We next move to Wales for the next journey.....

This is number 1968 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Holywell Town
It follows the line of the LNWR Holywell Branch Line
It then follows the line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway...via Holywell Junction
It then follows the line of the GWR Chester to Shrewsbury Line...via Saltney
It then follows the line of the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway...via Hanwood
It then follows the line of the Oswestry and Newtown Railway...via Buttington
It then follows the line of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway...via Scafell Halt
It then follows the line of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway...via Gogarth
It then follows the line of the Carnarvonshire Railway...via Chwilog
It then follows the line of the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway...via Caernavon...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway...via Menai Bridge
It then follows the line of the Anglesey Central Railway...via Holland Arms
The journey ends at the closed station of Amlwch

The first closed station on this journey is Holywell Town

 

[Ash Bridge]

St Winefride’s Halt

 

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Holywell Junction

 

[Ash Bridge]

Bagillt

 

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Connah's Quay

 

[Ash Bridge]

Queensferry

 

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Sandycroft

 

[Ash Bridge]

Saltney