Droylsden railway station

Not to be confused with Droylsden tram stop.

Droylsden
The site of the station in 2010
General information
Location	Droylsden, Tameside England
Coordinates	53.4893°N 2.1364°W / 53.4893; -2.1364
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
13 April 1846	opened
7 October 1968	closed

Droylsden railway station served the town of Droylsden, Greater Manchester, England.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Droylsden (centre left)

The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway. The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which date the latter changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

The station was closed by British Railways on 7 October 1968.

Location

Droylsden railway station had 4 platforms, two on the original Manchester to Stalybridge line and two on the later London and North Western Railway line to Denton.

The Littlemoss Aqueduct carried the Hollinwood Branch of the Ashton Canal over the railway just west of the station. It was replaced with a footbridge after the canal was closed.

Routes

Railway lines in Tameside
Oldham Lines to Oldham Oldham Lines to Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Loop Park Bridge Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook Manchester Lines North to Manchester Victoria Stalybridge Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw (1st station) Ashton Moss Audenshaw Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Dukinfield Central Cemetery Road Metrolink to Manchester Piccadilly Guide Bridge Audenshaw (2nd station) Fairfield Manchester Lines South to Hyde Road Flowery Field Manchester Lines North to Manchester Piccadilly Hyde North Denton Hyde Central Stockport Lines to Stockport Newton for Hyde to Marple Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Glossop lines to Glossop & Hadfield

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clayton Bridge		L&YR Huddersfield Line		Ashton-under-Lyne
		LNWR		Audenshaw LNWR (1888-1905)

References

• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
• R.V.J. Butt, "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1