Winsford is a stop on the West Coast Main Line in Cheshire between Crewe and Hartford.
LNWR 350 369 departs, bound for Liverpool
Information
Type:
National Rail
(West Coast Main Line)
Station code:
WSF
Opened:
1837
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837 as one of it's original stations. Later the station became part of the London North Western Railway. The station has been the scene of a number of accidents, two with major loss of life. Twenty four people died when two trains collided at Winsford in 1948. Eighteen died in an accident at the nearby Coppenhall Junction in 1962 in another collision.
The station is managed by London Northwestern Railway with hourly trains in each direction. The station has a staffed ticket office. Access between the platforms is via the footbridge or the road bridge which crosses the railway at the end of the platforms.
