- Darcy Lever railway station
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Darcy Lever 
Darcy Lever viaduct, seen from the north-west Location Place Darcy Lever Area Bolton Grid reference SD730083 Operations Original company Liverpool & Bury Railway Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway History 20 November 1848 Station opened 29 October 1951 Station closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZDarcy Lever railway station served the Darcy Lever area of eastern Bolton between 1848 and 1951.
History
The station opened on 20 November 1848.[1] It was on the Bury–Bolton section of the Liverpool & Bury Railway, which opened on the same day.[2][3]
To the east of the station, the valley of the River Tonge is crossed by Darcy Lever viaduct, which is 86 feet (26 m) high. It has eight spans supported by stone piers: two spans are 54 ft (16 m) long, and six are 84 ft (26 m) long. Each consists of six lattice girders: two 14-foot-deep girders (4.3 m), which also form the parapets, flanking four which are 10 feet (3.0 m) deep. This viaduct, together with a shorter one of similar construction on the same line (over the River Croal at Burnden) was claimed by the Bolton Chronicle (18 November 1848) to be "the first of their kind in England".[4]
The station closed on 29 October 1951.[1]
References
- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 76. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 132,133. ISBN 0 7153 4352 1.
- ^ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 45, section B2. ISBN 0 7110 0320 3. EX/0176.
- ^ Marshall 1969, pp. 131,273
External links
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Bolton
Line closed, station openLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool & Bury RailwayBradley Fold
Line and station closedCoordinates: 53°34′16″N 2°24′30″W / 53.571057°N 2.408433°W
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Bolton
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1848
- Railway stations closed in 1951
- Greater Manchester railway station stubs
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