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Whitegate
Preserved platform and station building (2017)
General information
Location	Whitegate, Cheshire, Cheshire West and Chester England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 July 1870	Opened
1 January 1874	Closed
1 May 1886	Reopened
1 December 1888	Closed again
1 February 1892	Reopened
1 January 1931	Closed to passengers
4 November 1963	Closed completely

Whitegate railway station was the only intermediate station on the Winsford and Over Branch Line, serving the village of Whitegate, Cheshire. The station buildings and platform survive and are used as a visitor centre for the "Whitegate Way", a linear park using the old track bed.

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 455. OCLC 931112387.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. fig. 24. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.

External links

• Whitegate station on Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website
• Whitegate Way

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St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Ann Street Halt Appleton
Birkenhead Railway	Daresbury Norton (Cheshire) Halton Dunham Hill Mickle Trafford Hadlow Road Neston South Parkgate
Chester to Crewe	Waverton Tattenhall Road Beeston Castle and Tarporley Calveley Worleston
Macclesfield to Marple	Bollington Higher Poynton Middlewood Higher
Northwich to Sandbach	Billinge Green Halt Middlewich Cledford Bridge Halt
Winsford and Over Branch Line	Whitegate Winsford and Over
Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway	Waverton Tattenhall Broxton Malpas Grindley Brook Halt
Sandbach to Kidsgrove	Wheelock and Sandbach Hassall Green Lawton
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway	Warrington Arpley Latchford Thelwall Lymm Heatley & Warburton
Mid-Cheshire Line	Chester Northgate Mickle Trafford East Barrow for Tarvin
Chester & Connah's Quay Railway	Chester Northgate Chester Liverpool Road Blacon
Helsby to Mouldsworth Junction	Helsby and Alvanley Manley
Nantwich to Market Drayton	Coole Pilate Halt Audlem Coxbank Halt
Wirral Line	Upton-by-Chester Mollington Ledsham
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