Skelton Junction

Additionally, various freight workings use the line, including heavy block trains carrying limestone from quarries at Tunstead (near Buxton) to alkali works at Northwich.

The line via Broadheath and Lymm to Warrington closed on 7 July 1985 and has now been lifted.

The Great Central Railway connection north from the CLC to the MSJ&A Rly towards Timperley Station closed before the Second World War.

There used to be a small marshaling yard, including a turntable in the fork between the Altrincham and Partington lines.

The yard was traversed by a long concrete footbridge known locally as The Black Bridge.