Withington and West Didsbury railway station

 West Didsbury
Manchester Metrolink
The site of the old station at
Palatine Road/Lapwing Lane
Location
Place West Didsbury
Local authority City of Manchester
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone
Present status Disused
Operations
Original operator Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping company Midland Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 1880
Closed 1961
Conversion to Metrolink operation Spring 2013
Former name Withington and Albert Park (1880)
Withington and West Didsbury (1895)
Renamed 1895

South Manchester Line
to Piccadilly and Bury
Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate
Cornbrook
to Eccles
Trafford Bar
to Altrincham
Firswood
Chorlton
St Werburgh's Road
to Manchester Airport
Withington
Burton Road
West Didsbury
Didsbury Village
East Didsbury 
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-V W-Z
UK Trams portal

Withington and West Didsbury railway station is a former station in the southern suburbs of Manchester, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1880 as Withington and Albert Park station when the Midland Railway opened its new Manchester South District line out of Manchester Central Station. The station was renamed Withington and West Didsbury in 1895.[1]

The Manchester South District line, and consequently Withington & West Didsbury station, closed in July 1961. The original cobbled station approach road and wall are visible off Lapwing Lane, and the remains of the station platform are also still visible down in the overgrown embankment.

Plans

West Didsbury Metrolink Station is a station proposed in Phase 3B of the Manchester Metrolink "Big Bang" extension plans.[2][3]

Located on the site of the old Withington & West Didsbury railway station, the stop will be east of Palatine Road & adjacent to Lapwing Lane, in the existing cutting. Passengers again will be able to travel by rail from West Didsbury for the first time since 1967. The new station is scheduled to open in the summer of 2013[4].

See also

References

  1. ^ Sussex, Gay; Helm, Peter (1988). Looking Back at Withington and Didsbury. Timperley: Willow Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 0-946361-25-8. 
  2. ^ "Tram line extension is approved". BBC News. 2009-05-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8047020.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  3. ^ "Metrolink: back on track?". BBC Manchester. 20 09-05-13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2009/05/13/130509_metrolink_map_plan_b_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  4. ^ "Metrolink - South Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/south-manchester-line.asp. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
    Under Construction    
South Manchester Line
Disused railways
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Line closed, station open		   Midland Railway
South District Railway		   Didsbury
Line and station closed