Monton Green railway station

Monton Green
Location
Place	Monton
Area	Salford
Grid reference	SJ764995
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
November 1887	Opened
5 May 1969	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Manchester to Wigan Line
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WCML to Preston Wigan North Western Standish via Whelley Loop Liverpool Lime Street via St Helens Platt Bridge WCML to Warrington Bank Quay Wigan Central and Whelley Loop Bickershaw & Abram Glazebrook via Lowton St Mary's Plank Lane Kenyon Junction via Pennington Hindley Green Kenyon Junction via Pennington Atherleigh Bolton Gt Moor St via Chequerbent Howe Bridge Kenyon Junction via Pennington Leigh Tyldesley Jct Tyldesley Ellenbrook Bolton Gt Moor St via Walkden Low Level Worsley Kenyon Junction via Chat Moss Monton Green Patricroft Clifton Junction Eccles Jct Eccles Manchester Exchange or Manchester Victoria

Tyldesley Loop Line
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LNWR to Liverpool Lime Street Newton-le-Willows WCML to Warrington Bank Quay Lowton Parkside WCML to Wigan North Western Kenyon Junction Pennington Wigan NW via Plank Lane Bolton Gt Moor St via Chequerbent Glazebury & Bury Ln Flow Moss Leigh Wigan NW via Hindley Green Tyldesley Astley Lamb's Cottage Ellenbrook Barton Moss Bolton Gt Moor St via Walkden Low Level Worsley Monton Green Patricroft Bury via Clifton Hall Tunnel Eccles Jn Eccles LNWR to Manchester Victoria

Monton Green railway station is a closed station in Eccles.

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

Opened on 1 November 1887, Monton Green was the first station on the London and North Western Railway's Manchester and Wigan Railway, which connected Eccles with Wigan and the Tyldesley Loopline which connected Tyldesley, Leigh and Kenyon Junction. Other stations on the line were located at Worsley and Ellenbrook. The station was built on an embankment at the road junctions of Canal Bank and Parrin Lane in Monton.

The Tyldesley Loopline was earmarked for closure in the Beeching Report, and Monton Green closed on 5 May 1969, along with the rest of the line.

Since closure, the embankment spanning Monton Green has been demolished. However, the embankment running parallel to the Bridgewater Canal has been preserved as part of Salford City Council's Recreation Pathways scheme. The route is popular with walkers & cyclists, as the path gives excellent views over the local area.

External links

• http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/monton_green/index.shtml

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Worsley		LNW		Eccles

Salford Lines
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Past, present and future  to Wigan Wallgate to Bolton Great Moor Street to Wigan North Western Little Hulton Ellenbrook Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level to Lime Street Moorside |to Bolton Barton Moss | Worsley Swinton | Dixon Fold Patricroft | Monton Green Pendlebury |to Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles | Eccles Clifton Junction Ladywell Agecroft Bridge Weaste | Weaste Brindle Heath Jct | Agecroft Jct Langworthy | Seedley Pendleton Bridge Broadway Cross Lane | Pendleton MediaCityUK Harbour City Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane | Oldfield Road to Manchester (Metrolink) Ordsall Chord(under construction) Salford Central to Manchester (Deansgate) to Manchester (Victoria)

Coordinates: 53°29′30″N 2°21′21″W / 53.49177°N 2.35597°W