Oldham Clegg Street railway station

Oldham Clegg Street
Location
Place	Oldham
Area	Oldham
Coordinates	53°32′16″N 2°06′41″W / 53.53771°N 2.11131°W / 53.53771; -2.11131Coordinates: 53°32′16″N 2°06′41″W / 53.53771°N 2.11131°W / 53.53771; -2.11131
Grid reference	SD928046
Operations
Original company	Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping	OAGB
Post-grouping	OAGB
History
26 August 1861 (1861-08-26)	Opened
4 May 1959 (1959-05-04)	Closed
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Oldham Clegg Street railway station was one of five stations that served the town of Oldham in northwest England.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Oldham Clegg Street

The station was the northernmost passenger station on the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway;^[1][2] it opened on 26 August 1861.^[3] To the south of the station was a tunnel, known as Oldham Tunnel; it was 59 yards (54 m) in length.^[4]

The station was reconstructed in the late 1890s, the works being finished in 1900.^[4] The station closed on 4 May 1959.^[3]

Routes

[v · d · e]Oldham Lines - Past, Present and Future

Legend To Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Moorgate Halt Uppermill Greenfield Friezland To Rochdale To Tameside Shaw and Crompton Royton To Tameside Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Mumps Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Central Oldham Central; Oldham Clegg Street King Street To Ashton Westwood Oldham Werneth Chadderton MJOB To Middleton and Rochdale Freehold Middleton Junction South Chadderton To Manchester Hollinwood Failsworth To Manchester

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Oldham Mumps		L&YR L&NW GC Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway		Park Bridge
Oldham Glodwick Road

Notes

1. ^ Conolly 1976, p. 21, section D1, inset.
2. ^ Dow 1959, p. 255.
3. ^ ^{a b} Butt 1995, p. 177.
4. ^ ^{a b} Dow 1962, p. 121.

References

• Bairstow, Martin. The Manchester and Leeds Railway. 
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
• Ian Allan (1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1" = 8 miles. Cartography by W. Philip Conolly (5th ed.). ISBN 0 7110 0320 3. 
• Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 1468 X. 
• Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 1469 8. 
• Hooper, John. An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways. ISBN 1-871608-19-8. 
• Wells, Jeffrey. The Oldham Loop. ISBN 1-870119-76-2.