Location :
Staffordshire
Walsall, City of Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Sandwell, Birmingham, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Cheshire East, Warrington
Warmingham, Daresbury, Penketh, Dutton, Featherstone, Crewe, Winsford, Stanthorne and Wimboldsley, Minshull Vernon, Hartford, Moulton, Preston Brook, Madeley, Walton, Acton Trussell and Bednall, Blakenhall, Davenham, Seighford, Moore, Weaverham, Chorlton, Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Acton Bridge, Eccleshall, Doxey, Creswell, Basford, Standon, Penkridge, Checkley cum Wrinehill, Brewood and Coven, Swynnerton, Chebsey, Dunston, Whitmore
Non Civil Parish
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| Summary : The Grand Junction Railway was derived from an 1824 scheme to link Birmingham with Birkenhead. After several failed attempts to secure support for the line, a new route was surveyed between Birmingham and Liverpool via Whitmore to Warrington, and joining the Liverpool and Manchester at Newton via the Warrington and Newton Railway. The last section completed was the 28 arch viaduct at Lawley Street, Birmingham, leading to the Curzon Street terminal. From the line's completion in 1837 until Curzon Street Station's completion in 1839, Vauxhall was used as the terminus. The 1834 Act also authorised a short junction line with the London and Birmingham Railway outside Curzon Street. The line enters Wolverhampton at Bushbury and runs to central Birmingham via Bescot and Aston. |