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Winsford and Over branch line information


The Winsford and Over branch line was a railway line serving the town of Winsford in Cheshire. It was operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) from 1870 until the railways were nationalised under the Transport Act 1947, which took effect on 1 January 1948.[1] Thereafter the branch was operated by British Railways London Midland Region until the line's closure in 1967 (1967).

  1. ^ Simmons 1997, p. 339

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