Friezland railway station

Friezland
Location
Place	Friezland
Area	Oldham
Grid reference	SD993041
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
3 May 1886	Station opens
1 January 1917	Station closes to passengers
22 February 1965	closed to freight
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Micklehurst Loop
to Huddersfield Standedge Tunnel Diggle Butterhouse tunnel Uppermill Friezland Royal George tunnel Micklehurst Staley and Millbrook Stalybridge to Manchester

Friezland Railway Station served the Hamlet of Friezland in Saddleworth until closure on 1 January 1917. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its Micklehurst Line.

On 19 August 1909 a passenger train was derailed at Friezland. Both train crew were killed.^[1]

The station closed for passenger traffic on 1 January 1917 but regular passenger traffic continued to pass through until 1964. Freight services to the station were withdrawn in 1965 and the line through the station was closed in 1966.^[2] The village is now served by Greenfield railway station.

References

• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow

Coordinates: 53°32′02″N 2°00′41″W / 53.5338°N 2.0115°W / 53.5338; -2.0115