Platt Bridge railway station

Platt Bridge
Location
Place Platt Bridge
Area Wigan
Coordinates 53°31′24″N 2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977Coordinates: 53°31′24″N 2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977
Grid reference SD605031
Operations
Original company Manchester to Wigan Line
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 September 1864 Station opened
1 May 1961 Station closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Lines around Wigan in 1907

Platt Bridge railway station is a closed railway station in the Platt Bridge area of Wigan, England, where the line bridged Liverpool Road (the A58).

Platt Bridge was in the historic county of Lancashire.

History

The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 September 1864, in common with other stations on the Manchester to Wigan Line.

The station joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping in 1923 and passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station closed on 1 May 1961.[1]

Coal deposits were the chief motivation for building a railway in the area and the railway's supporters included many local colliery owners and industrialists.[2]

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wigan North Western   LNWR
Manchester to Wigan Line
  Hindley Green
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