Uppermill railway station

Former railway station in England

53°32′52″N 2°00′08″W / 53.54771°N 2.00223°W / 53.54771; -2.00223Grid referenceSD999057Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayKey dates1 July 1886Station opens1 January 1917Station closes15 June 1964closed for freight
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Micklehurst Loop
Legend
to Huddersfield
Standedge Tunnel
Diggle
Butterhouse tunnel
Uppermill
Friezland
Royal George tunnel
Micklehurst
Staley and Millbrook
Stalybridge
to Manchester

Uppermill Railway Station served the village of Uppermill in Oldham. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on their Micklehurst Line from Stalybridge to Diggle and Huddersfield. It opened in 1886 and closed to passengers in 1917.[1] Regular passenger trains continued to pass through the station until 1964 and the line was closed completely in 1966.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Friezland   London and North Western Railway
Micklehurst Line
  Diggle
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "Disused Stations: Uppermill Station". Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  • An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways by John Hooper (ISBN 1-871608-19-8)
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Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester
Bolton
Bury
Manchester
(city centre in italics)
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan


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