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I have just noticed that the junction with the St Helens railway and the current souther route is wrong. The St Helenes route connected to the line even further South than current it runs from Ditton Junction on the line to Runcorn to Warrington Bank Quay Low Level, then on to Manchester. as far as I know there was no connection with the CLC line.
--Kitchen Knife (talk) 23:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As I see it, the section you dispute is that shown upper right. This seems to agree with
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although it could be an illusion caused by the imperfect colour registration found in most printings of the 5th Edition. However, this map from 1909 shows the St. Helens line as crossing over the direct CLC route (that through Farnworth) and under the GC&Mid Joint line (that via Widnes Central) before joining the Garston - Warrington Arpley - Altrincham line. Therefore, do you think that the version lower right is more correct? --Redrose64 (talk) 16:35, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think the lower one is correct. As Per .--Kitchen Knife (talk) 17:30, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Though the far south line is still in use for freight.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 17:34, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Corrected to include the infomation that one line is still in use for freight (incidentally it was probably my error made when I was less experienced than now. Sorry. Britmax (talk) 18:25, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Since Jowett backs up this layout I'll put it into the template.
No need to apologise. The lines around there are a complete nightmare.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 19:09, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
One minor point according to Runcorn Gap the south most crossing is a flat crossing, not a bridge.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 20:02, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually ignore that I'm confused.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 20:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's more like this. I'm working on my page to do something with close parallel but will have to stop for the night soon. Britmax (talk) 21:01, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This has stopped making sense now. I'll try again tomorrow. Britmax (talk) 21:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Right. An even more careful look tells me that the St Helens line loop (which would be to the right of this diagram) was not directly connected to the Liverpool and Manchester lines, although the layout of the loop that did exist has changed. There is therefore no need to show anything here apart from the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway heading that way. A look at the on the article for Ann Street (the line "Ann Street at Disused Stations") will show what I mean. Britmax (talk) 10:31, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Possibly a confusing factor is that the station now known as Widnes is the one shown in the RDT diagram here as "Farnworth". Britmax (talk) 12:12, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are right on that one. I think it is correct now, the St Helen's Railway Warrington to Garstang line was irrelevant.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 16:23, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How about showing the original Manchester terminus on the chat moss diagram (Liverpool Road - now disused of course) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.152.227.147 (talk) 12:42, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The major junction that led down to the docks at Salford Quays is missing. Seen overhead here. Once it linked to 50 miles worth of track and sidings, now it's just a short spur that ends at Tarmac's Cement Depot. Still it's worth adding as it was once the main branch to the dock-side railways.86.129.3.207 (talk) 22:36, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
