Stockport Portwood railway station

Stockport Portwood railway station

Stockport Portwood railway station was a railway station in Stockport, England on the Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway (later becoming part of Cheshire Lines Committee) Glazebrook to Woodley line. It opened on 12 January 1863, closed to passengers on 1 September 1875, and remained in use as a coal depot until 25 April 1966.

Today no trace of the station remains, the site being buried under a slip road of the M60 motorway.

References

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/stockport_portwood/index.shtml Information from Subterranea Britannica]


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