Audenshaw railway station explained

Audenshaw
Status:Disused
Borough:Tameside, Greater Manchester
Country:England
Coordinates:53.4706°N -2.1114°W
Platforms:2
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Events1:Opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge
Years2:1 January 1917
Events2:Closed for alterations
Years3:3 October 1921
Events3:Re-opened
Years4:2 June 1924
Events4:Renamed Audenshaw
Events5:Station closed
Years6:1 January 1968
Events6:Line closed

Audenshaw railway station served the Hooley Hill area of Audenshaw, in Tameside, Manchester, England. There were two London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) stations with this name in different locations within the Audenshaw area; this was the second one located to the south of the area in Hooley Hill.[1]

History

The line through the station site opened on 1 November 1882, when the L&NWR opened the Denton and Dukinfield branch from Denton Junction to station (which became Dukinfield Central in 1954) on the Great Central Railway (GC).

The station opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge on 1 November 1887. It was located on the east side of Mount Pleasant Street, where the line emerged from a short tunnel. The station had two platforms one each side of the two running lines.[2] There were no goods facilities.

In 1893, the L&NWR built their own Stalybridge junction line, from just south of the GC Dukinfield Central station through to ; the link to the GC station closed in 1902.

The station was closed for alterations from 1 January 1917 to 3 October 1921; it was renamed Audenshaw on 2 June 1924.

The Bradshaw's Guide timetable for 1922 listed 11 southbound & 12 northbound trains calling on Mondays to Saturdays, but none on Sundays.

The station closed on 25 September 1950 and the line was closed on 1 January 1968.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greater Manchester Gazetteer . Greater Manchester County Record Office . 11 June 2024 . Places names – G to H . 18 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144437/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzg.htm.
  2. Lancashire Sheet CV.SW . 1894 . six-inch . Ordnance Survey .