Dean Lane railway station

Dean Lane
Location
Place	Newton Heath
Area	Manchester
Operations
Pre-grouping	Northern Rail
Platforms	2
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	26,132
2005/06 *	28,962
2006/07 *	26,949
2007/08 *	29,228
2008/09 *	46,548
History
17 May 1880	Opened
3 October 2009	Closed for Metrolink conversion
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dean Lane from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880^[1] and served Newton Heath, Manchester, England. The station was on the Oldham Loop Line 2½ miles (4 km) north east of Manchester Victoria and was operated and managed by Northern Rail. There were once three stations in Newton Heath: Newton Heath, Dean Lane and Park. The station was 200 yards (180 m) away from the Newton Heath Train Maintenance Depot.

The station closed for the conversion to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and will re-open as Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink station in Autumn 2011, using only the Manchester-bound platform. Through the station, the track will be singled, allowing Network Rail to use the other line to access the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal facility ^[2].

History

From about 1900 to his early death of pneumonia at the age of 44 in 1912, the Station Master was Henry Ainscough, living in the Station Master's house at 52 Dean Lane. (On his death, the family had to move, the cost of living in a tied accommodation).^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/dean_lane/index.shtml
2. ^ http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/oldham-rochdale-line/newton-heath-and-moston.pdf

Bibliography

Butt, R.V.J "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1

External links

[v · d · e]Manchester Lines - City Centre and North, (Past, Present and Future)

Legend To Bury To Rochdale Moston To Oldham Bowker Vale Newton Heath Newton Heath and Moston Crumpsall Central Park To Tameside Abraham Moss;Monsall Clayton Bridge Woodlands Road Park Queens Road To Tameside Miles Platting Edge Lane Clayton Oldham Road Sportcity-Velodrome Manchester Victoria Holt Town/Sportcity-Stadium Exchange To Salford New Islington Ardwick Exchange Square/Shudehill Ashburys High Street; Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield;To South Manchester Market Street; Piccadilly Gardens To Belle Vue;Gorton Moseley Street;Oxford Road To Hyde Road St Peter's Square To Tameside Manchester Central/Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road To Salford;Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona To Eccles Trafford Bar To Trafford Firswood To Trafford;To Altrincham To Chorlton

The Oldham Loop Line
Stations (anticlockwise from Manchester) (*) Closed 3 October 2009 Dean Lane (*) Failsworth (*) Hollinwood (*) Oldham Werneth (*) Oldham Mumps (*) Derker (*) Shaw and Crompton (*) New Hey (*) Milnrow (*)

		Proposed
Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Failsworth towards Rochdale		Rochdale-Manchester Line		Central Park towards Manchester Airport or East Didsbury
	Historical railways
Failsworth		L&YR Oldham Loop Line		Miles Platting

Coordinates: 53°30′15″N 2°11′3″W / 53.50417°N 2.18417°W / 53.50417; -2.18417