Worsley railway station

Worsley
Location
Place	Worsley
Area	Salford
Coordinates	53°30′02″N 2°21′59″W / 53.5006°N 2.3663°WCoordinates: 53°30′02″N 2°21′59″W / 53.5006°N 2.3663°W
Grid reference	SD757006
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	3
History
1 September 1864	Station opened
5 May 1969	Station closed[1]
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Manchester to Wigan Line
Legend
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
Legend
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

Salford Lines
Legend
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)

Worsley railway station was opened in 1864 to serve the town of Worsley in Greater Manchester. The Tyldesley Loopline and all its stations closed in 1969 as a result of the Beeching Axe.^[2]

History

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

Worsley Station opened on 1 September 1864 at the same time as other stations on the Manchester and Wigan Railway line. Local colliery owners including the Earl of Ellesmere were among its supporters. The station was built of white brick with details in red and black brick. The station had two first class and two second class waiting rooms and a booking office. It had a glass canopy and the platforms were 100 yards in length.^[3]

References

Notes

1. James 2004, p. 48.
2. Worsley Station, Subterranea Britannica, retrieved 2010-09-12
3. Sweeney 1996, p. 153

Bibliography

• James, David (2004), Lancashire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, ISBN 1 84033 288 3
• Sweeney, D. J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Walkden Low Level Line and station closed		LNWR		Monton Green Line and station closed
Ellenbrook Line and station closed