Place Upton by Chester Original company Birkenhead Railway | Grid reference SJ403689 Platforms in use 2 | |
Area Cheshire West and Chester Post-grouping Birkenhead Joint Railway 17 July 1939 (1939-07-17) Station opened as Upton-by-Chester Halt 6 May 1968 Renamed Upton-by-Chester | ||
Upton-by-Chester is a former station situated on the northern part of the GWR's former main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside which is now Merseyrail's Wirral Line between Chester General and Liverpool Central. It was located by the Liverpool Road road bridge where it crossed the railway near Upton and not far from Moston.
History
It was opened on 17 July 1939 as Upton-by-Chester Halt by the Birkenhead Railway, which was jointly owned by the GWR and LMS railway companies. The station had two adjacent side platforms with a ticket office.
The station was established to serve the growing village of Upton and the surrounding area. During the Second World War, it also served Moston Military Hospital (now Dale Barracks, Chester).
On 6 May 1968 the word "Halt" was dropped from the station name.
In 1983 work began on the new Bache station, 700 metres (2,300 ft) south of this station. The work coincided with an adjacent supermarket development. Upton-by-Chester closed on 9 January 1984 but the overgrown platforms can still be clearly seen from the train, and from the road bridge adjacent to the Frog public house.