Broadley railway station
Broadley | |
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General information | |
Location | Broadley, Rochdale England |
Coordinates | 53°38′34″N 2°11′02″W / 53.64275°N 2.18383°W |
Grid reference | SD879163 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 November 1870 | Opened |
16 June 1947 | Closed to passengers |
12 August 1963 | Closed for goods |
Broadley railway station served Broadley in Rochdale, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.
The station was opened on 1 November 1870 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened the Rochdale to Facit section of its line to Bacup.[1]
It was situated on the western side of the railway where it was crossed by Station Road, to the west of Broadley village.[2]
The station had one platform on the western side of the line accessed by a footbridge adjacent to the road overbridge. There were two wooden buildings on the platform with a signal box between them.[2][3]
There was a passing loop at the station and a two siding goods yard on the opposite side of the line accessed from Station Road, it was equipped with a five ton crane.[4]
By 1929 the station buildings had been replaced with the new hip-roofed wooden building relocated further north along the platform. The signal box had also been replaced with the new box still further north of the station building.[3][5][6]
The station closed to passengers on 16 June 1947, initially as a temporary measure due to a fuel crisis, but the station never re-opened and the closure was confirmed as permanent in 1949.[7] The station closed to goods traffic on 12 August 1963 when the line was closed.[8]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Shawclough & Healey | L&YR Rochdale to Bacup Line |
Whitworth |
References
[edit]- ^ Quick 2023, p. 103.
- ^ a b Lancashire LXXX.12 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1893.
- ^ a b "Broadley Station". Disused stations.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 82.
- ^ Lancashire LXXX.12 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1929.
- ^ Christiansen 1977, p. 327.
- ^ Quick 2023, pp. 103 & 556.
- ^ Hurst 1992, p. 22 (ref 1101).
Bibliography
[edit]- Christiansen, Rex (July 1977). "Pennine Anniversaries". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 123, no. 915. pp. 326–327. ISSN 0033-8923.
- Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
Further reading
[edit]- Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4906-9.
- Suggitt, Gordon (2004) [2003]. Lost Railways of Lancashire (Reprinted from 2003 original with revisions ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-85306-801-0.
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