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In March 2015 a planning application was submitted to build up to 280 homes on the former route in
Latchford. This would involve levelling the railway embankment to the west of Latchford viaduct. However as of 2020, nothing has been approved nor planned to continue due to the line being protected by
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Latchford. They also have announced in their proposal that any disused rail corridor in the borough
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Passenger trains on the line ended on 10 September 1962. The line to the east of
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meant that the line was initially isolated from the rest of the railway network. The line was opened throughout from 1 May 1854 although passenger trains terminated at
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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 on 3 July 1851 to build a line between
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Restoring Your Railway fund to get funds for a feasibility study into reinstating the line between Warrington and Stockport. This bid was unsuccessful.
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economically justifiable given that the remaining freight traffic could be diverted via alternative routes and there was no desire to extend the
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1274:References
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992:High Level
776:distillery
686:Ship Canal
679:Manchester
578:Broadheath
1108:Liverpool
985:Low Level
732:Latchford
425:Metrolink
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