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Gresty railway station served the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England, from 1911 to 1918 on the Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway.
1. History
The station was opened on 2 January 1911 by the London & North Western Railway. It closed on 1 April 1918. The Railway Clearing House handbook showed it as a halt in their 1921 list of closures.
1. References
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