Audenshaw railway station

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Audenshaw
Location
Place Guide Bridge
Area Tameside
Operations
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms ?
History
1 November 1853 Original Audenshaw station opens
1 November 1887 Station opens as Hooley Hill (Guide Bridge)
1 May 1905 Original Audenshaw station closes
2 June 1924 Station renamed Audenshaw
25 September 1950 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Audenshaw railway station served the Audenshaw area of Greater Manchester, then part of the county of Lancashire in England. The station was originally called Hooley Hill (Guide Bridge) as the original Audenshaw station opened by the London and North Western Railway closed in 1905.

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by British Railways in 1950.

The site today

References

  • R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1-85260-508-1
  • A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0-906899-99-0
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Denton   London Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Western Railway
  Dukinfield and Ashton

Coordinates: 53°28′14″N 2°06′42″W / 53.47062°N 2.11174°W / 53.47062; -2.11174


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