Seedley railway station

Former railway station in England

53°28′52″N 2°17′49″W / 53.481052°N 2.296809°W / 53.481052; -2.296809Platforms4Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOpened1 May 1882 (1882-05-01)Closed2 January 1956 (1956-01-02)Original companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Manchester area pre-grouping, Seedley is centre left

Seedley railway station is a disused station located in the Seedley area of Salford, on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 May 1882.[1] It was located where Langworthy Road crossed the railway on an overbridge. The station building was at road level with a footbridge running parallel to the road and three sets of stairs going down to the three platforms. The platforms were all to the west of the road, there was a central platform with running lines on both sides and outer platforms with one face to the railway. The northernmost platform had a signal box located half way along it.[2]

The station had no goods facilities, only handling passengers and parcels, it closed on 2 January 1956.[1][3]

The line is still open.[4] Parts of the station wall can still be seen but part of the trackbed has been covered over following the construction of the M602 motorway.

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References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 404.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Lancashire CIV.5 (Salford)". National Library of Scotland. 1893. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 29.
  4. ^ NetworkRail. "Table 090 Map".

Bibliography

  • Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  • 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.

External links

  • "Seedley station". Disused stations.
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