Oldham Clegg Street railway station

Oldham Clegg Street
Location
Place	Oldham
Area	Oldham
Coordinates	53°32′16″N 2°06′41″W / 53.53771°N 2.11131°WCoordinates: 53°32′16″N 2°06′41″W / 53.53771°N 2.11131°W
Grid reference	SD928046
Operations
Original company	Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping	OAGB
Post-grouping	OAGB
History
26 August 1861	Opened
4 May 1959	Closed
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Oldham Clegg Street railway station was one of five stations that served the town of Oldham in northwest England.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Oldham Clegg Street

The station was the northernmost passenger station on the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway;^[1][2] it opened on 26 August 1861.^[3] To the south of the station was a tunnel, known as Oldham Tunnel; it was 59 yards (54 m) in length.^[4]

The station was reconstructed in the late 1890s, the works being finished in 1900.^[4] The station closed on 4 May 1959.^[3]

Routes

Oldham Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future  Kirklees South Lines to Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines to Tameside Rochdale Lines to Rochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines to Tameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Mumps Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Central Oldham Central(L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines to Ashton Chadderton Freehold Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway South Chadderton Rochdale Lines to Middleton and Rochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North to Manchester Manchester Lines North to Manchester

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Park Bridge Line and station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway Great Central Railway Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway		Oldham Mumps Line closed, station open
				Oldham Glodwick Road Line and station closed

Notes

1. Conolly 1976, p. 21, section D1, inset.
2. Dow 1959, p. 255.
3. Butt 1995, p. 177.
4. Dow 1962, p. 121.

References

• Bairstow, Martin. The Manchester and Leeds Railway.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (5th ed.). 1" = 8 miles. Cartography by W. Philip Conolly. Ian Allan. 1976. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
• Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1468-X.
• Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
• Hooper, John. An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways. ISBN 1-871608-19-8.
• Wells, Jeffrey. The Oldham Loop. ISBN 1-870119-76-2.