Holcombe Brook railway station

Holcombe Brook
Location
Place Holcombe Brook
Area Bury
Coordinates 53°37′55″N 2°20′08″W / 53.63185°N 2.33561°WCoordinates: 53°37′55″N 2°20′08″W / 53.63185°N 2.33561°W
Grid reference SD779151
Operations
Original company Bury and Tottington District Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
6 November 1882 Station opened
5 May 1952 Station closed
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Holcombe Brook railway station was the terminus of Bury to Holcombe Brook Line and served the village of Holcombe Brook in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.

History

The Bury and Tottington District Railway opened on 6 November 1882. The northern terminus of the line was at Holcombe Brook, 3 34 miles (6.0 km) from Bury.[1]

The station closed when passenger services were withdrawn from the line on 5 May 1952; goods trains continued to serve Holcombe Brook until 2 May 1960.[2][3] The station was demolished and the site is now occupied by a shopping development.

References

  1. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-7153-4906-6.
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 121. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. Marshall 1970, p. 68

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Holcombe Brook
Greenmount
Knowles L.C. Halt
Tottington
Sunny Wood Halt
Woolfold
to Rossendale
Brandlesholme Road Halt
Ramsbottom
Woodhill Road Halt
Summerseat
Bury Bolton Street
Bury Interchange
Bury Knowsley Street

to Heywood

Radcliffe Black Lane

Buckley Wells
(proposed)

Withins Lane
Bradley Fold

Ainsworth Road Halt
Liverpool and Bury Railway
to Bolton

Radcliffe Bridge
Radcliffe
Ringley Road
Whitefield
Molyneux Brow
Besses o' th' Barn
to Salford
Prestwich
Heaton Park
to Manchester
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   L&YR
Bury to Holcombe Brook Line
  Greenmount