Walkden Low Level railway station

Walkden Low Level
Location
Place	Walkden
Area	City of Salford
Coordinates	53°31′07″N 2°23′52″W / 53.5186°N 2.3978°WCoordinates: 53°31′07″N 2°23′52″W / 53.5186°N 2.3978°W
Grid reference	SD737025
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2[1]
History
1 April 1875	Station opened as "Walkden"
June 1924	Renamed "Walkden Low Level"
29 March 1954	Station closed[2]
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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

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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)

Walkden Low Level railway station served the community of Walkden, Greater Manchester, England.

History

The station was opened as "Walkden" in 1875 by the London and North Western Railway on its new line from Roe Green Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street. It was renamed Walkden Low Level to distinguish it from the nearby^[3] ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Walkden High Level station in June 1924. The station had two platforms reached by four ramps with waiting rooms and canopy on each, and offices on the north side.^[4] The railway company proposed naming the station "Walkden Stocks" but was overruled by the Local Board.^[5] Regular passenger services ceased in 1954 but the line continued to be used for freight traffic for some further time.

The station was about one mile north of Roe Green and close by there were sidings and a connection to the Bridgewater Estates colliery railway at Barrack's Tramway Junction.^[4]

References

1. James 2004, p. 39.
2. Butt 1995, p. xxx
3. Holland 2001, p. 26
4. Sweeney 1997, p. 269
5. Sweeney 1997, p. 272

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-6-5
• James, David (2004), Lancashire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, ISBN 1-84033-288-3
• Sweeney, Dennis J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6

External links

• The station and its history via Disused Stations UK
• 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
Little Hulton Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway		Worsley Line and station closed