Droylsden railway station
Droylsden | |
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Location | Droylsden, Tameside England |
Coordinates | 53°29′21″N 2°08′11″W / 53.4893°N 2.1364°WCoordinates: 53°29′21″N 2°08′11″W / 53.4893°N 2.1364°W |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
13 April 1846 | opened |
7 October 1968 | closed |
Droylsden railway station served the town of Droylsden, Lancashire, England.
History[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Ashton%2C_Ashton_Moss%2C_Crothorn%2C_Droylsden%2C_Guide_Bridge%2C_Hyde%2C_Oldham_%26_Stalybridge_RJD_32.jpg/170px-Ashton%2C_Ashton_Moss%2C_Crothorn%2C_Droylsden%2C_Guide_Bridge%2C_Hyde%2C_Oldham_%26_Stalybridge_RJD_32.jpg)
A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Droylsden (centre left)
The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway. The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which date the latter changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
The station was closed by British Railways on 7 October 1968.
Location[]
Droylsden railway station had 4 platforms, two on the original Manchester to Stalybridge line and two on the later London and North Western Railway line to Denton.[1]
The Littlemoss Aqueduct carried the Hollinwood Branch of the Ashton Canal over the railway just west of the station. It was replaced with a footbridge after the canal was closed.[2]
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Clayton Bridge | L&YR Huddersfield Line |
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References[]
- ^ "Science and Society picture library - DROYLSDEN STATION". Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ "Hollinwood Canal Society - About the Hollinwood Canal". Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
- R.V.J. Butt, "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Tameside
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968
- Beeching closures in England
- 1846 establishments in England
- Droylsden
- Greater Manchester railway station stubs