Middleton railway station (England)
Middleton | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Rochdale England |
| Coordinates | 53°32′56″N 2°11′30″W / 53.5490°N 2.1917°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1857 | Opened |
| 7 September 1964 | Closed to passengers |
| 11 October 1965 | Closed for freight |
Middleton Railway station served the town of Middleton.
The station opened on 5 January 1857 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened a branch line to serve the town from Middleton Junction.[1]
The station was located to the south east of the junction of Oldham Road (now the A669) and Townley Street.[2]
Originally the station had a single platform. It was rebuilt with two platforms in 1885-1886.[3] There were goods lines on both sides of the main running lines and a goods shed to the south.[2] The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a five ton crane.[4]
A Cotton shed (described on the map as a goods shed) opened about 1907, it had a rail link into Neva Cotton Mills.[3][5]
The station closed to passengers on 7 September 1964 and completely on 11 October 1965 when the branch also closed.[1][6][7]
References
- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 314.
- ^ a b Lancashire XCVI.8 (Map). 25 inch to the mile. Ordnance Survey. 1891.
- ^ a b Marshall 1970, p. 16.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 371.
- ^ Lancashire XCVI.8 (Map). 25 inch to the mile. Ordnance Survey. 1922.
- ^ Hurst 1992, p. 40 (ref 1828).
- ^ "Central Lines". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011.
Bibliography
- Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
- Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4906-9.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th revised to July 2022 (5.04) ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Middleton Junction | L&YR Middleton branch |
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