- Clayton Bridge railway station
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Clayton Bridge Location Place Clayton Area Manchester Coordinates 53°29′35″N 2°10′05″W / 53.493°N 2.168°WCoordinates: 53°29′35″N 2°10′05″W / 53.493°N 2.168°W Grid reference SJ889996 Operations Original company Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway History 13 April 1846 Station opened 7 October 1968 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–ZClayton Bridge railway station, Manchester, was a railway station that served the locality between 1846 and 1968.
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Construction, opening and ownership
The station was built by the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway and opened on 13 April 1846.[1] The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which day the latter company changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR).[2] The LYR operated the station for the next 75 years before it was absorbed into the London & North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and the joint company became a major constituent of the London Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923.
Location and facilities
The station was situated immediately west of where the line crossed Berry Brow in Clayton Bridge near Clayton Vale in Clayton, Manchester. The main station buildings were situated on the Manchester-bound platform, south of the two-track line. The signal box, situated on the northern side of the line, just east of Berry Brow, was also used to manually operate the level crossing gates.
Train services
Manchester Lines - City Centre and North, (Past, Present and Future) LegendTo 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 During summer 1922, the station was served on weekdays by 21 trains from Stalybridge to Manchester (Victoria) station (a few originating at Huddersfield), and one from Stockport (Edgeley) to Manchester (Exchange) Station.[3] By 1956, the station was served by 17 stopping trains to Manchester on weekdays, with the third class ordinary single fare then being 8d (3p).[4]
Closure
Clayton Bridge station became a victim of the Beeching Axe, closing on 7 October 1968.[1] Nothing now remains of the station buildings, platform or signal box. The level crossing barriers are now remotely operated.
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 62
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 90
- ^ St John Thomas 1985, p. 549
- ^ Bradshaws 1956, p. 108
- Bibliography
- Bairstow, Martin, The Manchester and Leeds Railway
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- Awdry, Christopher (1990), Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Guild Publishing, CN 8983
- St John Thomas, David, ed. (1985), Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide, Guild Publishing
External links
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Park L&YR
Huddersfield LineDroylsden Categories:- Disused railway stations in Manchester
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Railway stations closed in 1968
- Beeching closures in England
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