Miles Platting railway station

Miles Platting
Miles Platting railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Miles Platting
Area	City of Manchester
Grid reference	SD860000
Operations
Original company	Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	4
History
1 January 1844	Opened
27 May 1995	Closed
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Miles Platting railway station served the district of Miles Platting in Manchester from 1844 until closure on 27 May 1995.^[1] The station was opened on 1 January 1844 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway;^[2] after amalgamating with other railways, this became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.^[3] The station was situated at the junction of the lines to Stalybridge (opened 1846^[4]) and Rochdale (opened 1839^[5]), and had platforms on both routes. Little trace remains of the station today, as the platforms were removed and the buildings demolished after closure. However, a length of platform awning has been re-erected at Ramsbottom station on the preserved East Lancs Railway.

References

1. ^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)". Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/listofclosuredatestopassenge2682. Retrieved 2008-08-09. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 159
3. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 65
4. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 63
5. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 47

• 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. 
• Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 4352 1. 
• Wells, Jeffrey. The Oldham Loop. ISBN 1-870119-76-2. 

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Manchester Victoria Line and station open		L&YR Caldervale Line		Newton Heath Line open, station closed
		L&YR Huddersfield Line		Park Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Manchester Victoria Line and station open		L&YR Oldham Loop Line		Dean Lane Line and station closed

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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

Coordinates: 53°29′48″N 2°12′45″W / 53.49666°N 2.21262°W / 53.49666; -2.21262