Cheshire Lines Committee

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joint railway committee railway company

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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All labels observed (2)

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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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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 ⓘ