Oldham Road railway station

Infobox UK disused station| name = Oldham Road railway station| manager = Manchester and Leeds Railway| locale = Miles Platting| borough = Newton Heath| platforms = | years1 = 1839| events1 = Built
years2 = | events2 = Closed

Oldham Road railway station was a railway station built on the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in Miles Platting, Greater Manchester. [Harvnb|Love|1839|p=234.] Built in 1839 [Harvnb|Parkinson-Bailey|2000|p=53.] , it was the Manchester terminus for the railway.

History

The station was built in 1839 on the north side of Oldham Road, and the east side of Lees Street [Not to be confused with Lees Street in Openshaw - Lees Street in Miles Platting no longer exists]

The M&LR decided to build an extension to join a proposed extension of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway from Ordsall to Hunt's Bank station. An Act of Parliament, receiving royal assent on 1 July 1839, enabled them to begin construction of this extension. [Harvnb|Whishaw|1842|p=314.]

Once their new extension had been opened, the station was converted from passenger use to storing goods. Waggons of convert|8|MT|LT|lk=on or more were raised and lowered from the street below by a double hoist. [The line at this point was a considerable height above the street below] The business offices (including the Superintendent's office) of the railway remained at the station. [Harvnb|N/A|1844|p=304.]

Current status

The area is very different from what it once was. The station and line no longer exist, although part of the viaduct which led to it is still visible from the eastern end of New Allen Street.

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