2008 : Control box at Church Lane level crossing
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2008 : Control box at Church Lane level crossing
Image: © Maurice Pullin Taken: 26 Dec 2008
The identification plate reads SOT27M137. The mileage on this route is measured from the junction at Cheadle Hulme (just south of Stockport) where the North Staffordshire line via Stoke on Trent diverges from the original London & North Western line via Crewe. The official distance to the crossing is documented as 27 miles 63 chains (27 miles 1386 yards). The other signs forbid the use of "portable" telephones and smoking, and offer advice to anyone wishing to enter. Update 2021: A further curiosity is that despite the name of the crossing there is no Church Lane in the village. Church Road runs parallel to the railway, just south and west of the level crossing, but the road that actually crosses the line is called Redhill Road. The parish church of St Michael, from which the crossing is presumably named, stands some way further to the west.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.902184
Longitude
-2.14149