Talk:Middlewich railway station

Beeching Axe?
Hi Ruth, another missing piece in the Cheshire Railways jigsaw! Could I just ask though - was the station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe? My understanding is that the Beeching report was not published until 1962: 2 years after the station was closed. Best Witchwooder (talk) 08:45, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Single track
I believe this line was only ever single track. It would be nice to clarify this, list passing loops and say whether the right of way would allow dualling if service were reinstated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.3.97.37 (talk) 13:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Coming out of Sandbach station, the line is dual track for a short while, then becomes single track until the site of where Middlewich station used to be where there is a passing loop. The line then returns to single track until the line splits at Northwich, where there is a triangle to direct trains to either Northwich or Greenbank. So, to answer your question, the only passing loop on the line would be in the centre of Middlewich at the site of the old station. It's worth noting that the proposals the Middlewich Rail Link Campaign have put forward place a new station where the line is single track in order to save costs by building one platform rather than two. Peter Shillito (talk) 22:15, 7 August 2013 (UTC)