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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Label Occurrences
Cheshire Lines Committee canonical 14
Cheshire Lines Committee route 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf joint railway committee ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedBy Great Northern Railway ⓘ
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ⓘ
surface form: 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 to Manchester Line ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool Central to Manchester Central line

Liverpool to Manchester Line ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool to Manchester route

Liverpool–Southport line ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool to Southport line

Manchester–Sheffield–Cleethorpes route ⓘ
surface form: 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 North West England ⓘ
surface form: northwest England
regulatoryStatus joint committee of owning railways ⓘ
servedArea Cheshire Plain ⓘ
surface form: Cheshire plain

Manchester metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Manchester region

Mersey region ⓘ
Trans-Pennine freight corridor ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Pennine corridor
servedCity Chester ⓘ
Hull ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
Southport ⓘ
Stockport ⓘ
Warrington ⓘ
successorCompany London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
surface form: London Midland and Scottish Railway

London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
transportMode railway ⓘ
usedTraction steam locomotives ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cheshire Lines Committee route
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cheshire Lines Committee route
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 ⓘ