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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -

RailRef The Line Code used in RailRef system.
Line Detail The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name!
SBR The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society.
ELR The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use.

RailRef Line Detail SBR ELR
BJ001
GW880
NW440
Chester & Birkenhead Line, datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
0m18c Chester No.4 BJ002
0m23c Chester (GWR) Goods
0m37c Chester No.5
0m41c Brook Lane Junction BJ003
1m35c Bache
1m36c Upton-by-Chester
1m42c Upton
2m74c Mollington
4m02c Dunkirk
5m09c Capenhurst
6m09c Ledsham Junction
6m71c Ledsham
7m68c Hooton South Junction BJ004
7m72c Hooton
7m74c Hooton Junction BJ005
8m08c Hooton
8m26c Hooton North
9m00c mile post BJ010

CRR1: Chester No.4 - Hooton South Junction
CRR2: Hooton South Junction - 9 mile post
  CRR1
CRR2
BJ002
GW881
NW430
Chester No.1 to Chester No.6, datum London Euston
178m67c Chester East (No.1) Junction LNWR/BJR boundary BJ020 NW420
178m74c Chester No.2
179m11c Chester (1)
179m12c Chester No.3
179m17c Chester No.3A
179m29c Chester No.4 BJ001
179m47c Chester No.6 BJ003
179m56c BJR/LNWR boundary NW460

(1) Chester General from 1922 to 1968.
  CNH2
BJ003
GW882
NW441
Chester No.6 - Chester No.5
0m24c Tunnel Junction BJ002
0m04c Brook Lane Junction BJ001
  CVS
BJ004
GW883
NW442
Hooton South Junction - Helsby Junction, datum Hooton Junction
0m03c Hooton South Junction BJ001 BJ010
1m47c Little Sutton
2m28c Overpool
2m71c Ellesmere Port No.1
3m14c Ellesmere Port Loop
3m26c Ellesmere Port No.2
3m34c Ellesmere Port No.3 (Station)
3m44c Ellesmere Port
  Ellesmere Port Junction BJ005
3m74c Ellesmere Port No.4
5m67c Stanlow & Thornton
6m66c Ince & Elton
6m69c Ince & Elton LC
8m12c Helsby West Cheshire Junction CL025
8m60c Helsby
8m67c Helsby Junction BJ020

  HHJ
BJ005
GW884
NW443
Ellesmere Port No.4 - Ship Canal (S.U. Canal)
  Ellesmere Port Junction BJ004
4m02c Manchester Ship Canal
   
BJ006
GW885
NW444
Hooton Junction - Wirral Junction, West Kirby
0m00c Hooton Junction BJ001
1m36c Hadlow Road
3m49c Neston South
4m27c Parkgate Colliery Junction BJ007
4m34c Parkgate   Parkgate Junction BJ008
4m56c Parkgate (2nd)
6m63c Heswall
9m10c Thirlstaston
10m41c Caldy
11m20c Kirby Park
11m68 West Kirby
11m78c Wirral Junction WI010

Article Backtrack 2013 August.
  JCH
BJ007
GW886
NW445
Parkgate Colliery Branch
Parkgate Colliery Junction BJ006
Parkgate Colliery
   
BJ008
GW887
NW446
Parkgate Original Terminus Branch
  Parkgate Junction BJ006
4m53c Parkgate (1st)
   
BJ010
GW890
NW450
Hooton - Birkenhead Woodside, datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
9m00c mile post BJ001
9m76c Bromborough
11m16c Spital
11m49c Port Sunlight Sidings
11m62c Port Sunlight
12m27c Bebington & New Ferry
  Rock Lane
13m30c Rock Ferry South Jcn
13m43c Rock Ferry
13m51c Mersey Junction
13m58c Rock Ferry North Junction MY001
13m78c Union Junction
14m06c Green Lane Junction
14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ011 BJ014 BJ015 14m36c Tranmere Pool Branch Junction
14m53c Birkenhead Town
15m14c Birkenhead Woodside

CRR2: 9 mile post - Rock Ferry (13m39c)
CCS1: Rock Ferry South Junction (13m30c) - Green Lane Junction
BKH: Green Lane Junction - Birkenhead Woodside
  CRR2
CCS1
BKH
BJ011
GW891
NW451
Green Lane Junction - Cathcart Street Goods
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010
15m10c Brook Street Junction BJ012
15m29c Canning Street North
  Cathcart Street Goods
CCS1: Green Lane Junction - Brook Street Junction
CCS2: Brook Street Junction - Canning Street North
  CCS1
CCS2
BJ012
GW892
NW452
Brook Street Junction - Shore Road Junction
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
15m10c Brook Street Junction BJ011
15m25c Shore Road Junction BJ013 CL033 GW891
   
BJ013
GW893
NW453
Canning Street North - Cavendish Sidings
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
15m29c Canning Street North BJ012
15m40c NR/MDHB boundary
  Cavendish Sidings
  CCS2
BJ014
GW895
NW454
Green Lane Junction - Monks Ferry
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010 BJ011
15m05c Monks Ferry
  CCS3
BJ015
GW896
NW455
Green Lane Junction - Tranmere Pool/Abbey Street
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010 BJ011
14m56c Tranmere Pool
  CCS4
BJ020
GW900
NW431
Chester No.1 - Walton New Junction [LNWR], datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
0m26c Chester No.1 BJ002 NW
2m53c Mickle Trafford South Junction CL032
2m60c Mickle Trafford
2m63c Mickle Trafford North Junction CL031
5m19c Dunham Hill
7m33c Helsby
7m40c Helsby Junction BJ003
9m65c Frodsham
11m05c Frodsham Junction NW270
11m34c Halton
12m70c Norton Junction
13m18c Norton Station Junction BJ021
13m20c Norton
13m23c Runcorn East
15m23c Daresbury BJ022
16m40c Acton Grange Junction BJ023
17m09c Walton New Junction NW

  CHW1
BJ021
GW901
NW432
Norton Junction - Preston Brook Canal Basin
Norton Station Junction BJ020
Cawley's Bridge (Bridgwater Canal)
1853 - 1860 according to Cobb. Takeover by GWR & LNWR was on 1 January 1860. 1877 OS Map 355890 381370shows a powder amagazine just beyond Cawley's Bridge.
   
BJ022
GW902
NW433
Daresbury - Walton Old Junction [LNWR] via old alignment
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
15m23c Daresbury BJ020
17m12c Walton Old Junction NW534 NW535 NW536
1896 OS map shows section from Daresbury (Junction) to MSC retained as 'refuge siding'; and a similar siding north of the canal that became the LNWR connection to the MSC Railway. Also shows this joint line continuing towards Arpley. Cobb does not show this alignment, probably in error as it should have been shown.
   
BJ023
GW903
NW434
Acton Grange Viaduct Junction - Walton Old Junction
datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
16m40c Acton Grange Junction BJ020
17m23c Walton Old Junction NW534 NW535 NW536
Post 1893 railway.
  CHW1

 





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