Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway

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| short_title = Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway Act 1860

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| citation = 23 & 24 Vict. c. xvi

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| royal_assent = 15 May 1860

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The {{visible anchor|Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway Act 1860}} (23 & 24 Vict. c. xvi) was promoted by landowners and supported by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) who, along with the Great Northern Railway (GNR) were allowed to subscribe.{{efn|name=fn1}}{{sfn|Awdry|1990|p=238}}

Together the {{abbr|MS&LR|Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway}} and {{abbr|GNR|Great Northern Railway}} formed a joint committee to operate this railway along with three others that had been authorised but were not yet open.{{efn|They were the Cheshire Midland Railway, the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway and the West Cheshire Railway}} Together these railways connected up to provide an alternative route into North Cheshire that avoided Manchester.

Each company was to provide an equal amount of capital and four representatives to the joint management committee. This arrangement was confirmed by the Great Northern Railway (Cheshire Lines) Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. cxlvii).{{efn|name=fn3}} This act had not, however, formally set up a separate legal body, providing instead for the two companies to manage and work the four railways through their existing structures.{{sfn|Griffiths|Goode|1978|p=3}}{{sfn|Dyckhoff|1999|p=22}}

This arrangement eventually led to the formation of the Cheshire Lines Committee in 1865. The line was then formally brought under the direct joint ownership of the {{abbr|MS&LR|Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway}} and {{abbr|GNR|Great Northern Railway}} in 1865 by the Cheshire Lines Transfer Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. cccxxvii).{{efn|name=fn4}}{{sfn|Griffiths|Goode|1978|p=3}}{{sfn|Dyckhoff|1999|p=22}} This act allowed the Midland Railway to join as an equal partner, which it did in 1866.{{sfn|Holt|Biddle|1986|p=39}} and finally the Cheshire Lines Committee was authorised by the Cheshire Lines Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. ccvii) as a fully independent organisation with a board formed from three directors from each of the parent companies.{{efn|name=fn5}}{{sfn|Dyckhoff|1999|pp=22-23}}

File:Altrincham, Broadheath & Timperley Apethorne, Bredbury, Brinnington, Godley, Marple & Woodley RJD 73.jpg

The Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway opened for passenger traffic on 12 January 1863 and for goods traffic in 1865.{{sfn|Bolger|1984|pp=16-17}}

The railway terminated at {{rws|Portwood||Stockport Portwood}} which later became an end-on connection to the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway to the west. There were no other stations. At the other end the line terminated at Woodley Junction, {{convert|2|ch|m}} short of {{abbr|MS&LR|Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway}}'s {{rws|Woodley}} station.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=254}}

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{{efn|name=fn1|{{cite web|url=https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HL_PO_PB_1_1860_23and24V1n44|website=UK Parliamentary Archives|title=The Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway Act, 1860: An Act for authorizing the Construction of a Railway from Stockport to Woodley in the County of Chester; and for other Purposes. Local Act, 23 & 24 Victoria I, c. xvi|date=1860|access-date=24 November 2019}}}}

{{efn|name=fn3|{{cite web|url=https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HL_PO_PB_1_1863_26and27V1n200|website=UK Parliamentary Archives|title=Great Northern (Cheshire Lines) Act 1863: An Act to grant to the Great Northern Railway Company certain Powers with respect to the Stockport and Woodley Junction, Cheshire Midland, Stockport, Timperley, and Altrincham Junction, West Cheshire, and Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railways; and for other Purposes. Local Act, 26 & 27 Victoria I, c. cxlvii|date=13 July 1863|access-date=1 November 2019}}}}

{{efn|name=fn4|{{cite web|url=https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HL_PO_PB_1_1865_28and29V1n459|website=UK Parliamentary Archives|title=Cheshire Lines Transfer Act 1865: An Act to vest in the Great Northern, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and the Midland Railway Companies, jointly, the Stockport and Woodley Junction, the Stockport, Timperley, and Altrincham Junction, the Cheshire Midland, the West Cheshire, and the Garston and Liverpool Railways; and for other Purposes with respect to the said Undertakings. Local Act, 28 & 29 Victoria I, c. cccxxvii|date=1865|access-date=1 November 2019}}}}

{{efn|name=fn5|{{cite web|url=https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HL_PO_PB_1_1867_30and31V1n323|website=UK Parliamentary Archives|title=The Cheshire Lines Act 1867: An Act for incorporating the Cheshire Lines Committee, and for authorizing that Committee to make a new Road; and for other Purposes. Local Act, 30 & 31 Victoria I, c. ccvii|date=1867|access-date=1 November 2019}}}}

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• {{Awdry-RailCo}}
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• {{cite book|last=Bolger|first=Paul|title=An illustrated history of the Cheshire lines committee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83yKtgAACAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Heyday|isbn=978-0-947562-00-7}}
• {{cite book|last1=Dyckhoff |first1=Nigel |title=Portrait of the Cheshire Lines Committee |date=1999 |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711025215}}
• {{cite book|last1=Griffiths|first1=R. Prys|last2=Goode|first2=C.T.|title=The Cheshire Lines Railway|edition=Revised edition (1947) with additional notes|year=1978|publisher=Oakwood Press}}
• {{Holt-NorthWest}}

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• [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12852 Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway Company Records - The National Archives]

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