Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway

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Gt Central Rly via Woodhead & London & NW Rly via Stockport Manchester London Road Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Central (CLC) Knott Mill and Deansgate Castlefield Junction London and North Western Railway Cornbrook Junction Old Trafford Throstle Nest Junctions Cheshire Lines Committee via Chorlton Stretford Cheshire Lines Committee to Trafford Park & Warrington Central Dane Road Sale Brooklands Timperley Timperley Junction Cheshire Lines Committee to Glazebrook │ to Stockport Deansgate Junction London and North Western Railway to Warrington Arpley Navigation Road Altrincham Altrincham and Bowdon Altrincham Depot Bowdon Hale Cheshire Lines Committee to Northwich & Chester

The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJ&AR) was a suburban railway which operated an 8+1⁄2-mile (14 km) route between Altrincham in Cheshire and Manchester London Road railway station (now Piccadilly) in Manchester.

The MSJ&AR line operated with three different systems of electrification within a period of about 60 years. The fast, frequent service resulting from the introduction of the first generation of electric trains in 1931 was a significant contributor to suburban development in the Stretford, Sale and Altrincham districts, south-west of Manchester.

The southern part of the MSJ&AR's route has been part of the Manchester Metrolink light rail system since 1992. The northern section between Manchester Piccadilly and Deansgate stations is now an intensively-used section of the National Rail network, used by trains running north and west of Manchester.