Audenshaw railway station served the Hooley Hill area of Audenshaw, in Tameside, Manchester, England. There were two London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) stations with this name in different locations within the Audenshaw area; this was the second one located to the south of the area in Hooley Hill.[1]
Audenshaw | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Tameside, Greater Manchester England |
| Coordinates | 53°28′14″N 2°6′41″W / 53.47056°N 2.11139°W |
| Grid reference | SJ927971 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1887 | Opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed for alterations |
| 3 October 1921 | Re-opened |
| 2 June 1924 | Renamed Audenshaw |
| 25 September 1950 | Station closed |
| 1 January 1968 | Line closed |
History
editThe line through the station site opened on 1 November 1882, when the L&NWR opened the Denton and Dukinfield branch from Denton Junction to Dukinfield station (which became Dukinfield Central in 1954) on the Great Central Railway (GC).[2]
The station opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge on 1 November 1887.[3] It was located on the east side of Mount Pleasant Street, where the line emerged from a short tunnel. The station had two platforms one each side of the two running lines.[4] There were no goods facilities.[5]
In 1893, the L&NWR built their own Stalybridge junction line, from just south of the GC Dukinfield Central station through Dukinfield and Ashton to Stalybridge; the link to the GC station closed in 1902.[6][7]
The station was closed for alterations from 1 January 1917 to 3 October 1921; it was renamed Audenshaw on 2 June 1924.[3]
The Bradshaw's Guide timetable for 1922 listed 11 southbound & 12 northbound trains calling on Mondays to Saturdays, but none on Sundays.[8]
The station closed on 25 September 1950[3] and the line was closed on 1 January 1968.[9]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | London and North Western Railway | Dukinfield Denton and Dukinfield line GC (until 1902) | ||
| Dukinfield and Ashton Stalybridge junction line L&NWR (from 1893) |
References
edit- ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – G to H. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Quick 2023, pp. 60 & 610.
- ^ a b c Quick 2023, p. 60.
- ^ Lancashire Sheet CV.SW (Map). six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
- ^ Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 158.
- ^ Quick 2023, p. 610.
- ^ Brown 2021, p. 109.
- ^ Bradshaw 1985, tables 486–490.
- ^ Hurst 1992, p. 52 (ref 2365).
Bibliography
edit- Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
- Brown, Joe (2021). Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas. Manchester: Crécy Publishing. ISBN 9780860936879. OCLC 1112373294.
- Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
- Oliver, Henry; Airey, John (1894). Hand-book and Appendix of Stations, Junctions, Sidings, Collieries, &c., on the Railways in United Kingdom.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
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