Atherton Bag Lane railway station
Atherton Bag Lane | |
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Location | |
Place | Atherton, Greater Manchester |
Area | Wigan |
Operations | |
Original company | Bolton and Leigh Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
11 June 1831 | Station opens as Bag Lane |
1847 | Station renamed Atherton |
2 June 1924 | Station renamed Atherton Bag Lane |
29 March 1954 | Station closes |
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Atherton Bag Lane railway station served an area of Atherton, Greater Manchester in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Bolton, Great Moor Street Station to Leigh Station and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and later to Kenyon Junction.
History
Opened by the Bolton and Leigh Railway it became part of the London and North Western Railway, the station joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping in 1923. It passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by the British Transport Commission six years later.
The site today
The site is a wooded area at the corner of two roads.
Service
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Atherleigh | Bolton and Leigh Railway London and North Western Railway |
Chequerbent |
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Atherton Bag Lane station on navigable O.S. map
- Atherton Bag Lane at Subterranea Britannica