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Astley controls a short section of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and guards a small level crossing on a minor road in the middle of Chat Moss. Although the signal box releases the gates of the crossing, the gates themselves are worked by the road users.

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Video Credits

Filmed by: Andrew Gardiner
Filmed on: Tuesday 21 June 2016
Narrator: Andrew Gardiner
Signaller: Steven Lee
Local Operations Manager: Ian Hammond
Crossing User: Allen Lewis
Video Editors: Andrew Gardiner & George Duncan

Key Chronology

17 September 1830 Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened.
c1844-1845 Astley Station opened.
8 August 1845 Liverpool & Manchester Railway became part of the Grand Junction Railway.
16 July 1846 Grand Junction Railway became part of the newly formed London & North Western Railway.
7 May 1956 Astley station closed.
1972 Present Astley signal box opened. British Railways, London Midland Region design replacing the previous signal box which was located on the other side of the crossing, same side of the line.

 


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