Droylsden railway station

Droylsden
Location
Place	Droylsden
Area	Tameside
Coordinates	53°29′21″N 2°08′11″W / 53.4893°N 2.1364°WCoordinates: 53°29′21″N 2°08′11″W / 53.4893°N 2.1364°W
Operations
Original company	Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	4
History
13 April 1846	opened
7 October 1968	closed
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Droylsden railway station served the urban district of Droylsden in Greater Manchester.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Droylsden (centre left)

The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway. The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which date the latter changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

The station was closed by British Railways on 7 October 1968.

Location

Droylsden railway station had 4 platforms, two on the original Manchester to Stalybridge line and two on the later London and North Western Railway line to Denton.^[1]

The Littlemoss Aqueduct carried the Hollinwood Branch of the Ashton Canal over the railway just west of the station. It was replaced with a footbridge after the canal was closed.^[2]

Routes

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

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Clayton Bridge		L&YR Huddersfield Line		Ashton-under-Lyne
		LNWR		Audenshaw LNWR (1888-1905)

References

1. "Science and Society picture library - DROYLSDEN STATION". Retrieved 27 March 2009.
2. "Hollinwood Canal Society - About the Hollinwood Canal". Retrieved 28 March 2009.

• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
• R.V.J. Butt, "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1