Miles Platting railway station

Former railway station in Manchester, England

Miles Platting
Miles Platting railway station in 1989
General information
LocationMiles Platting, Manchester
England
Grid referenceSD860000
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1844Opened
27 May 1995Closed

Miles Platting railway station served the district of Miles Platting in Manchester from 1844 until closure on 27 May 1995.[1] The station was opened on 1 January 1844 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway;[2] after amalgamating with other railways, this became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.[3] The station was situated at the junction of the lines to Stalybridge (opened 1846[4]) and Rochdale (opened 1839[5]), and had platforms on both routes. Little trace remains of the station today, as the platforms were removed and the buildings demolished after closure. However, a length of platform awning has been re-erected at Ramsbottom station on the preserved East Lancs Railway.

References

  1. ^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 159
  3. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 65
  4. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 63
  5. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 47
  • Bairstow, Martin. The Manchester and Leeds Railway.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
  • Wells, Jeffrey. The Oldham Loop. ISBN 1-870119-76-2.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Manchester Victoria
Line and station open
  L&YR
Caldervale Line
  Newton Heath
Line open, station closed
  L&YR
Huddersfield Line
  Park
Line open, station closed
Manchester Victoria
Line and station open
  L&YR
Oldham Loop Line
  Dean Lane
Line and station closed
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Main line services

to Rochdale
to Oldham
Moston
Newton Heath
to Bury
Newton Heath
and Moston
Bowker Vale
to Tameside
Crumpsall
Clayton Bridge
Abraham Moss
Park
Woodlands Road
to Tameside
Queens Road
Central Park
Monsall
Edge Lane
Miles Platting
Clayton Hall
Velopark
Oldham Road
Holt Town
Manchester Victoria
Etihad Campus
Exchange
New Islington
to Ordsall Chord
and to Salford
Ardwick
Shudehill
Ashburys
High Street
Manchester
Piccadilly
Mayfield
Market Street
Piccadilly
Gardens
to South Manchester
Exchange Square
Gorton
Mosley Street
Manchester Oxford Road
St Peter's Square
to Belle Vue
Manchester
Central
Deansgate-
Castlefield
Deansgate
Liverpool Road
to Hyde Road
to Ordsall Chord
and to Salford
to Tameside
Cornbrook
Cornbrook
Pomona
to Eccles
Trafford Bar
to Trafford
to Trafford
Firswood
to Altrincham
to Chorlton
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Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester
Bolton
Bury
Manchester
(city centre in italics)
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan

53°29′50″N 2°12′37″W / 53.4971°N 2.2103°W / 53.4971; -2.2103


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