Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway

Overview
Locale	Northwest England
Dates of operation	1853 (1853)–1985 (1985)
Route map Legend Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway Baguley Skelton Junction Mid-Cheshire line Timperley Manchester, Sth Jct & Altrincham Rly (now Metrolink Altrincham Line) to Glazebrook (disused line) Broadheath Dunham Massey Heatley & Warburton Lymm Thelwall Manchester Ship Canal Latchford Viaduct Latchford former Vladivar Vodka distillery Warrington Wilderspool Warrington Arpley Birkenhead Railway Warrington Bank Quay WCML Low Level High Level St Helens and Runcorn Gap Rly

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1851
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	14 & 15 Vict. c. lxxi
Dates
Royal assent	3 July 1851
Text of statute as originally enacted

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1853
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	16 & 17 Vict. c. ccxviii
Dates
Royal assent	20 August 1853
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway 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, the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. lxxi), on 3 July 1851^[1] to build a line between Timperley Junction on the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), to provide a through route to Manchester, and Warrington Arpley on the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway providing a link with Liverpool.