Plodder Lane railway station

Plodder Lane
Location
Place	Highfield, Farnworth
Area	Bolton
Coordinates	53°32′55″N 2°25′24″W / 53.5485°N 2.4233°WCoordinates: 53°32′55″N 2°25′24″W / 53.5485°N 2.4233°W
Grid reference	SD720058
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
1 April 1875	Station opened
29 March 1954	Station closed[1]
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LNWR Lines to Bolton
Legend
Deansgate Goods Bolton Great Moor St Bolton Crook Street Original alignment shown in green Rumworth & Daubhill Daubhill 1831 Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent 1831 Little Hulton Wigan Wallgate Manchester-Southport LYR Walkden High Level Walkden Low Level Atherton Bag Lane Wigan NW Manchester & Wigan Rly Atherleigh Westleigh Worsley Leigh Plank Lane Bridgewater Canal Tyldesley Loopline Monton Green Pennington Eccles Kenyon Junction Lime St-Manchester Chat Moss Line

Plodder Lane railway station served the southern part of Bolton and the western, Highfield, part of Farnworth.

The station was located on the southern side of a bridge carrying Plodder Lane, the present B6199. The wooden station building was at road level with steps down to both platforms.^[2]

Plodder Lane station was on the London and North Western Railway route between Bolton Great Moor Street and Manchester Exchange.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1875 and was sometimes known as Plodder Lane for Farnworth.^[3] There was a nearby locomotive shed, also named Plodder Lane. The station was the first one to the south of Bolton Great Moor Street, the line's northern terminus.^[4]

The station closed on 29 March 1954 and was demolished in the Winter of 1955–56.^[5]

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 186
2. Holland 2001, p. 31
3. Butt 1995, p. 186
4. Conolly 1976, p. 45, section C2
5. Holland 2001, p. 140

Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
• Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-6-5
• Sweeney, Dennis J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6

External links

• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• The station on an 1885 series OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line via railwaycodes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bolton Great Moor Street Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway		Little Hulton Line and station closed