Molyneux Brow railway station

Molyneux Brow
Location
Place	Whitefield
Area	Bury
Coordinates	53°31′52″N 2°19′03″W / 53.5312°N 2.3176°WCoordinates: 53°31′52″N 2°19′03″W / 53.5312°N 2.3176°W
Grid reference	SD790038
Operations
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
June 1853	Station opened
29 June 1931	Station closed
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Molyneux Brow railway station was a railway station built on the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway line, between Radcliffe and Clifton (formerly Clifton Junction), in Greater Manchester.

History

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Molyneux Brow

The station was opened in June 1853,^[1] and was accessed from Philips Park Road. The station closed on 29 June 1931.^[1] The M60 motorway has removed any trace of this station.^[2]

See also

• East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 161. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/molyneux_brow/index.shtml

External links

• Molyneux Brow Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Bury Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future  Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles L.C. Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt Woolfold to Rossendale Brandlesholme Road Halt Ramsbottom Woodhill Road Halt Summerseat Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Heywood Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Halt Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Clifton Junction		L&YR		Ringley Road