Holcombe Brook railway station

Holcombe Brook
Location
Place	Holcombe Brook
Area	Bury
Coordinates	53°37′55″N 2°20′08″W / 53.63185°N 2.33561°W / 53.63185; -2.33561Coordinates: 53°37′55″N 2°20′08″W / 53.63185°N 2.33561°W / 53.63185; -2.33561
Grid reference	SD779151
Operations
Original company	Bury and Tottington District Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
6 November 1882 (1882-11-06)	Station opened
5 May 1952 (1952-05-05)	Station closed
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Holcombe Brook railway station was the terminus of the Bury to Holcombe Brook Line in England and served the village of Holcombe Brook in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.

History

The Bury and Tottington District Railway opened on 6 November 1882. The northern terminus of the line was at Holcombe Brook, 3 ³⁄₄ miles (6.0 km) from Bury.^[1]

The station closed when passenger services were withdrawn from the line on 5 May 1952; goods trains continued to serve Holcombe Brook until 2 May 1960.^[2][3] The station was demolished and the site is now occupied by a shopping development.

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

External links

• Holcombe Brook station on a 1948 OS Map

Bury Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future  Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles L.C. Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Heywood Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Halt Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester