Bolton Great Moor Street railway station

Bolton, Great Moor Street
Great Moor Street Station
Location
Place	Bolton
Area	Bolton
Coordinates	53°34′31″N 2°25′52″W / 53.5754°N 2.4310°WCoordinates: 53°34′31″N 2°25′52″W / 53.5754°N 2.4310°W
Grid reference	SD716088
Operations
Original company	Bolton and Leigh Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	4[1][2]
History
11 June 1831	Opened as Bolton
October 1849	Renamed Bolton Great Moor Street
1 August 1871	Closed for rebuilding[3]
1 April 1875	Reopened
29 March 1954	Closed to regular passenger traffic
9 July 1958	Last holiday excursion departed
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LNWR Lines to Bolton
Legend
Deansgate Goods Bolton Great Moor St Bolton Crook Street Original alignment shown in green Rumworth & Daubhill Daubhill 1831 Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent 1831 Little Hulton Wigan Wallgate Manchester-Southport LYR Walkden High Level Walkden Low Level Atherton Bag Lane Wigan NW Manchester & Wigan Rly Atherleigh Westleigh Worsley Leigh Plank Lane Bridgewater Canal Tyldesley Loopline Monton Green Pennington Eccles Kenyon Junction Lime St-Manchester Chat Moss Line

Bolton Great Moor Street railway station was the first station in Bolton. It was opened on 11 June 1831 by the Bolton and Leigh Railway.

Originally named Bolton, it was renamed Bolton Great Moor Street in October 1849.^[4][5] The original street level station was replaced by a temporary station at Bolton Crook Street Goods Yard on 1 August 1871 while the new station was built in a classic Italian style. It opened either on 1 April 1875^[4] or on 28 September 1874 on the same site as the original station but at a higher level. The rebuilt station had four platforms covered by a roof.^[6] Its reconstruction coincided with the building of the direct line to Manchester Exchange via Walkden Low Level by the London and North Western Railway which opened on 1 April 1875.

Local trains to and from Kenyon Junction via Chequerbent used the station's western platforms 1 & 2 whilst trains to and from Manchester Exchange via Walkden used Platforms 3 & 4.^[7]

The station closed for regular passenger use by British Railways on 29 March 1954,^[4] although holiday^[8] and football specials ran until 1958^[9] and an unadvertised workmen's service to Monton Green continued for some months.^[10] An enthusiasts' special visited on 21 September 1963 and on 9 May 1964 another visited the adjacent Crook St goods yard, this was the last passenger train on LNWR lines in the Bolton area.^[11]

Tracks in the station were lifted in April 1964.^[12] The station was demolished in October 1966 and the area redeveloped.^[5]

References

Notes

1. Holland 2001, p. 14
2. James 2004, p. 9.
3. Holland 2001, p. 19
4. Butt 1995, p. 38
5. Bolton Great Moor Street, subbrit.org.uk, retrieved 2010-05-17
6. Sweeney 1996, p. 8
7. Holland 2001, p. 32
8. Holland 2001, pp. 78–9
9. Holland 2001, pp. 112 & 152
10. Holland 2001, p. 54
11. Holland 2001, pp. 84–5 & 113
12. Holland 2001, p. 152

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-6-5
• James, David (2004), Lancashire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, ISBN 1-84033-288-3
• Sweeney, Dennis J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6

External links

• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• The station on an 1885 series OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line via railwaycodes
• Railtour files via sixbellsjunction

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		London and North Western Railway Via Roe Green		Plodder Lane Line and station closed
		London and North Western Railway Bolton and Leigh line		Rumworth and Daubhill Line and station closed