Miles Platting
Miles Platting railway station in 1989
General information
LocationMiles Platting, Manchester
England
Grid referenceSD860000
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1844Opened
27 May 1995Closed

Miles Platting railway station served the district of Miles Platting in Manchester from 1844 until closure on 27 May 1995.[1] The station was opened on 1 January 1844 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway;[2] after amalgamating with other railways, this became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.[3] The station was situated at the junction of the lines to Stalybridge (opened 1846[4]) and Rochdale (opened 1839[5]), and had platforms on both routes. Little trace remains of the station today, as the platforms were removed and the buildings demolished after closure. However, a length of platform awning has been re-erected at Ramsbottom station on the preserved East Lancs Railway.

References

  1. ↑ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 159
  3. ↑ Marshall 1969, p. 65
  4. ↑ Marshall 1969, p. 63
  5. ↑ Marshall 1969, p. 47
  • Bairstow, Martin. The Manchester and Leeds Railway.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
  • Wells, Jeffrey. The Oldham Loop. ISBN 1-870119-76-2.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Manchester Victoria
Line and station open		   L&YR
Caldervale Line		   Newton Heath
Line open, station closed
  L&YR
Huddersfield Line		   Park
Line open, station closed
Manchester Victoria
Line and station open		   L&YR
Oldham Loop Line		   Dean Lane
Line and station closed

53°29′50″N 2°12′37″W / 53.4971°N 2.2103°W / 53.4971; -2.2103


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