Cheshire Lines Committee

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The Cheshire Lines Committee was a joint railway company in England that operated and managed a network of lines primarily in the northwest, including routes around Liverpool and Manchester, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf joint railway committee ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedBy Great Northern Railway ⓘ
Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ⓘ
Midland Railway ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Liverpool ⓘ
historicalSignificance major alternative route provider to dominant regional railways ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
networkCharacteristic branch lines ⓘ
main line routes ⓘ
notableRoute Cheshire Lines main line ⓘ
Liverpool Central to Manchester Central line ⓘ
Liverpool to Manchester route ⓘ
Liverpool to Southport line ⓘ
Manchester to Sheffield route ⓘ
operatedIn Cheshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
operatingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
ownershipStructure jointly owned by multiple pre-grouping railway companies ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
railwayType heavy rail ⓘ
regionSpecialization northwest England ⓘ
linked to: North West England
regulatoryStatus joint committee of owning railways ⓘ
servedArea Cheshire plain ⓘ
linked to: Cheshire Plain

Manchester region ⓘ
Mersey region ⓘ
Trans-Pennine corridor ⓘ
servedCity Chester ⓘ
Hull ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
Southport ⓘ
Stockport ⓘ
Warrington ⓘ
successorCompany London Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
transportMode railway ⓘ
usedTraction steam locomotives ⓘ

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Hough Green railway station → originalOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Hough Green railway station → preGroupingCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Warrington Central → openedBy → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Warrington Central → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Runcorn East railway station → locatedOnRoute → Cheshire Lines Committee route ⓘ
linked to: Cheshire Lines Committee
Warrington Central railway station → openedBy → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Warrington Central railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Warrington Central railway station → preGroupingCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Trafford Park railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Urmston railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Urmston railway station → locatedOn → Cheshire Lines Committee route ⓘ
linked to: Cheshire Lines Committee
Irlam railway station → formerOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Timperley tram stop → formerRailwayCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Brooklands tram stop → formerRailwayCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Hale railway station → preGroupingCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Padgate railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Sankey for Penketh railway station → originalOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Northwich railway station → originalOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Mouldsworth railway station → openedBy → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Glazebrook railway station → originalOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Sale tram stop → formerRailwayOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
West Derby railway station (former) → originalOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
West Derby railway station (former) → openedBy → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Cheshire Lines main line → operator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Cheshire Lines main line → partOf → Cheshire Lines Committee network ⓘ
linked to: Cheshire Lines Committee
Liverpool Central → formerOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Liverpool Central railway station → formerOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Mossley Hill railway station → originalOperator → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Cressington railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Aigburth railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Otterspool railway station → originalCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ
Otterspool railway station → preGroupingCompany → Cheshire Lines Committee ⓘ