Ashton Park Parade railway station

Ashton Park Parade

Site of the station (1996)
Location
Place Ashton-under-Lyne
Area Tameside
Operations
Original company Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
23 December 1845 Station opened as Ashton
30 July 1862 Renamed Ashton Park Parade
5 November 1956 Station closed
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Ashton Park Parade railway station was a station on the line between Guide Bridge and Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, England. This station served the town of Ashton-under-Lyne, now served only by Ashton Charlestown, north of this former station.

Location

Ashton Park Parade station was located on the site of what is now Ashton's Park Parade Bypass. The station had two platforms, with the main station buildings on the down platform. There was a signal box just to the east of the station.[1] The main access to the station was from Warrington Street, which, before the construction of the bypass, extended to the station.[2]

History

Opened by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, as part of the Great Central Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Present day

No remains of the former station are evident, however the railway line is still open; First TransPennine Express services between Liverpool/Manchester and the North East still run through the site of the old station, as does the once-weekly parliamentary service on the Stockport to Stalybridge Line. The only clue of its existence is "The Station Hotel", a pub on Warrington Street, near the former station.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Stalybridge   Great Central Railway
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
  Dukinfield Central

References

  1. http://buffetbar.i8.com/photo5.html - A selection of photographs, some showing Park Parade Station's appearance.
  2. http://ashton-under-lyne.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-station.html - A blog article on the Station Inn.

Tameside Lines

Legend
Oldham Lines
to Oldham
Oldham Lines
to Saddleworth

Mossley
Micklehurst Loop
Park Bridge
Micklehurst
Oldham Road

Staley and Millbrook
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester
Droylsden
Stalybridge

Ashton Charlestown
Ashton West

Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton Moss
Metrolink | L&NWR

Ashton Park Parade
Audenshaw

Dukinfield and Ashton
Droylsden

Dukinfield Central
Cemetery Road
Metrolink
to Manchester

Guide Bridge

Hooley Hill
Fairfield

Manchester Lines South
to Hyde Road

Flowery Field
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester
Hyde North
Denton
Hyde Central
Stockport Lines
to Stockport
Newton for Hyde
to Marple
Godley
Hattersley
Broadbottom
Glossop lines
to Glossop & Hadfield

Coordinates: 53°29′09″N 2°05′33″W / 53.48595°N 2.09237°W / 53.48595; -2.09237

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