Micklehurst railway station

Micklehurst
Location
Place	Micklehurst
Area	Tameside
Grid reference	SD977021
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
3 May 1886	Station opens
1 May 1907	Station closes to passengers
19 February 1962	closes for freight
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Micklehurst Loop

Legend

to Huddersfield

Standedge Tunnel

Diggle

Butterhouse tunnel

Royal George tunnel

Stalybridge

to Manchester

Micklehurst Railway Station served the town of Mossley in Cheshire. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its Micklehurst Line. The station closed for passengers in 1907 and to freight on 19 February 1962 but the line through the station remained open for passenger traffic until 7 September 1964.^[1] The station building on the up (Diggle to Stalybridge) side are still standing and are used as a private residence.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Staley and Millbrook		L&NW Micklehurst Line		Friezland

References

↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/micklehurst/index.shtml

The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow

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Bolton	Bolton Crook Street Bolton Great Moor Street Chequerbent (1831) Chequerbent (1885) Chew Moor Darcy Lever Horwich Lostock Lane Plodder Lane Rumworth and Daubhill The Oaks

Bury	Ainsworth Road Halt Bradley Fold Brandlesholme Road Halt Bury Knowsley Street Greenmount Holcombe Brook Knowles Level Crossing Halt Molyneux Brow Radcliffe Black Lane Radcliffe Bridge Ringley Road Sunny Wood Halt Tottington Withins Lane Woodhill Road Halt Woolfold

Manchester (city centre in italics)	Baguley Chorlton-cum-Hardy Clayton Bridge Dean Lane Didsbury Fallowfield High Street (Metrolink) Hyde Road Levenshulme South Longsight Manchester Central Manchester Liverpool Road Manchester Mayfield Manchester Oldham Road Miles Platting Mosley Street (Metrolink) Newton Heath Northenden Park Wilbraham Road Withington and West Didsbury

Oldham	Delph Derker Diggle Dobcross Failsworth Friezland Grasscroft Grotton and Springhead Hollinwood Lees Measurements Middleton Junction Moorgate Oldham Central Oldham Clegg Street Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps Oldham Mumps (LNWR) Oldham Werneth Royton Royton Junction Saddleworth Shaw and Crompton Uppermill

Rochdale	Broadfield Broadley Middleton Milnrow New Hey Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth

Salford	Agecroft Bridge Barton Moss Cadishead Cross Lane Dixon Fold Ellenbrook Irlams o' th' Height Little Hulton Manchester Exchange Monton Green Oldfield Road Ordsall Lane Pendlebury Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Seedley Walkden Low Level Weaste Worsley

Stockport	Cheadle (CLC) Cheadle (LNWR) Cheadle Heath Hazel Grove (Midland) High Lane Heaton Mersey Heaton Norris Portwood Stockport Tiviot Dale

Tameside	Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw Droylsden Dukinfield and Ashton Dukinfield Central Godley East Hooley Hill Micklehurst Oldham Road Park Bridge Staley and Millbrook

Trafford	Altrincham (1st) Bowdon Broadheath (Altrincham) Cornbrook Dunham (W&SR) Dunham Massey Partington West Timperley

Wigan	Amberswood (Hindley) Astley Atherleigh Atherton Bag Lane Boar's Head Hindley Green Hindley South Howe Bridge Leigh Lower Ince Pennington Platt Bridge Red Rock Tyldesley Westleigh West Leigh and Bedford Whelley Wigan Central

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Coordinates: 53°30′55″N 2°02′09″W / 53.5154°N 2.0359°W / 53.5154; -2.0359

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