Droylsden railway station

53°29′21″N 2°08′11″W / 53.4893°N 2.1364°W / 53.4893; -2.1364Platforms4Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyAshton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
London and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates13 April 1846opened7 October 1968closed

Droylsden railway station served the town of Droylsden, Greater Manchester, England.

History

The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway. The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which date the latter changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

The station was closed by British Railways on 7 October 1968.

Location

Droylsden railway station had 4 platforms, two on the original Manchester to Stalybridge line and two on the later London and North Western Railway line to Denton.^[1]

The Littlemoss Aqueduct carried the Hollinwood Branch of the Ashton Canal over the railway just west of the station. It was replaced with a footbridge after the canal was closed.^[2]

Routes

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Legend
Oldham Lines to Oldham Oldham Lines to Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Loop Park Bridge Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook Manchester Lines North to Manchester Victoria Droylsden Stalybridge Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Metrolink | L&NWR Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Dukinfield Central Cemetery Road Metrolink to Manchester Piccadilly Guide Bridge Hooley Hill Fairfield Manchester Lines South to Hyde Road Flowery Field Manchester Lines North to Manchester Piccadilly Hyde North Denton Hyde Central Stockport Lines to Stockport Newton for Hyde to Marple Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Glossop lines to Glossop & Hadfield

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clayton Bridge		L&YR Huddersfield Line		Ashton-under-Lyne
		LNWR		Audenshaw LNWR (1888-1905)

References

• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
• R.V.J. Butt, "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1