Oldham Mumps (LNWR) railway station

Oldham Mumps
Location
Place	Mumps
Area	Oldham
Grid reference	SD9304
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
History
5 July 1856 (1856-07-05)	Station opened
1 November 1862 (1862-11-01)	Station closed
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Oldham Mumps (LNWR) railway station served the Mumps area of Oldham between 1856 and 1862.

History

The station opened on 5 July 1856^[1] as the terminus of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) branch from Greenfield. The line was later extended westwards to link up with the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway, and a new LNWR station at Oldham Glodwick Road was opened on 1 November 1862; the LNWR's Oldham Mumps station closed the same day.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 177. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 

External links

• Site of Oldham Mumps (LNWR) Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Oldham Clegg Street Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Oldham branch		Lees Line and station closed