Chester and Crewe Railway

The Chester and Crewe Railway was an early British railway company, authorised in 1837 by the Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. lxiii).

Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1837
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for making a Railway from the City of Chester to join "The Grand Junction Railway" near Crewe Hall in the County of Chester, to be called "The Chester and Crewe Railway."
Citation	7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. lxiii
Dates
Royal assent	30 June 1837
Other legislation
Repealed by	Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1840
Status: Repealed

Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1840
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for incorporating the Chester and Crewe Railway with the Grand Junction Railway, and for extending to the said first-mentioned Railway the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the said last-mentioned Railway; and for other Purposes.
Citation	3 & 4 Vict. c. xlix
Dates
Royal assent	19 May 1840
Other legislation
Repealed by	London and North Western Railway Act 1846
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

It was absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway in 1840 via the Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. xlix).^[1][2] The company built the section Chester–Crewe of the North Wales Coast line, 21 miles (34 km) in length, the engineer was Robert Stephenson and the contractor for the work was Thomas Brassey.^[3] It was the absorption of this company that led the Grand Junction Railway to building its locomotive works at Crewe, which led to Crewe becoming a major railway town.