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The Crewe to Manchester Line is a railway line in north west England running from Crewe north east to Manchester.The line serves the following places: Crewe; Sandbach; Holmes Chapel; Goostrey; Chelford; Alderley Edge; Wilmslow; Cheadle Hulme; Stockport and Manchester.The line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company which diverted to Crewe in 1841 and merged in 1846 with others to form the London and North Western Railway Company which in turn became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.The line from Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly (including the Styal Line) was the first section of the West Coast Main Line to be electrified in 1959.