Delamere railway station Delamere railway station Delamere railway station opened on 22 June 1870. It serves both the village of Delamere and Delamere Forest in Cheshire, England. The station is 9½ miles (15 km) east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line. There is an hourly service each way between Chester and Manchester in each direction. The station marks one end of the Baker Way footpath. The station is unmanned. Passengers must board the train and present a valid ticket or pay the fare. Railcard fares are accepted. The old station buildings are now privately owned and have been adapted for use as the
Delamere Forest 1940s, which proved uneconomic. In 1996 as part of a landscape planning exercise for Delamere Forest a hydrological survey was commissioned to look at the feasibility of clear-felling the area that is now Blakemere Moss. Once the hydrological survey confirmed that it was possible to re-water the site, clear-felling took place in 1998 and with the damming of the single drainage point the old moss was re-watered. The restored lake now provides a habitat for wildlife, particularly birds. Following the success of this project, it was announced in January 2010 that a further of drained fenland at four sites in