Talk:Congleton railway station

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Goods Yard

So according to British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire page 101 Congleton Railway Station once had a goods yard.^[1]

I am just wondering if the goods yard at Congleton Railway station was Brunswick Wharf which is where trains on the Biddulph Valley line terminated.

Does anybody have any sources to say wether the goods yard at Congleton railway station was Brunswick Wharf? Maurice Oly (talk) 18:49, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Try asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways, lots of experts there. G-13114 (talk) 19:42, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice @G-13114 I’ll do that. Maurice Oly (talk) 20:25, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85895-232-8.

Rebuilt

Does anybody know and have any reliable sources as to when Congleton Railway Station was rebuilt?

The following books all show Congleton Railway station as it looked when built,^[1]^[2] however how the station looked when built and how it looks now are very different.

I think the station may have been rebuilt in the 60s as a photo and Present no 40 Cheshire shows the station having it’s platfroms altered.^[3] Maurice Oly (talk) 03:39, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The architectural style is typical 1960s/1970s. So it was most likely rebuilt around the time the line was electrified in the mid 60s. BR rebuilt loads of stations on the WCML and its branches around that time. However it needs a proper reference. The architecture looks somewhat like the prefabricated CLASP designs used by BR around that time, although it's in the wrong part of the country for that. G-13114 (talk) 06:08, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Jeuda, Basil (1 May 1996). THE KNOTTY An Illustrated Survey Of The North Staffordshire Railway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. p. 42. ISBN 1899889019.
^ Jeuda, Basil (11 July 2010). The North Staffordshire Railway In the LMS Days Volume 1. Lydney: Lightmore Press. p. 41. ISBN 1899889485.
^ Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85895-232-8.

Level Crossing gates removed event box

Ok folks so I want to reach a consensus here, it is worth having the removal of the level crossing gates in it’s own event box anymore? I ask this as there will soon be no event boxes left, and the level crossing was removed as part of the rebuild which is mentioned in the history section. Maurice Oly (talk) 20:14, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85895-232-8.

[2] Jeuda, Basil (1 May 1996). THE KNOTTY An Illustrated Survey Of The North Staffordshire Railway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. p. 42. ISBN 1899889019.

[3] Jeuda, Basil (11 July 2010). The North Staffordshire Railway In the LMS Days Volume 1. Lydney: Lightmore Press. p. 41. ISBN 1899889485.

[4] Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85895-232-8.

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