Audenshaw railway station

This article is about The L&NWR Audenshaw station opened at Guide Bridge Hooley Hill in 1887 and closing in 1950. For The L&NWR Audenshaw station open from 1883 to 1905, see Audenshaw railway station (1883–1905).

Audenshaw
General information
Location	Tameside, Greater Manchester England
Coordinates	53°28′14″N2°6′41″W / 53.47056°N 2.11139°W / 53.47056; -2.11139
Grid reference	SJ927971
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1887 (1887-11-01)	Opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge
1 January 1917	Closed for alterations
3 October 1921	Re-opened
2 June 1924	Renamed Audenshaw
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)	Station closed
1 January 1968	Line closed
Location

1912 Junction diagram of the Ashton Area, showing the station as Hooley Hill

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 Dukinfield station (which became Dukinfield Central in 1954) on the Great Central Railway (GC). ^[2]

The station opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge on 1 November 1887. ^[3] 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. ^[4] There were no goods facilities. ^[5]

In 1893, the L&NWR built their own Stalybridge junction line, from just south of the GC Dukinfield Central station through Dukinfield and Ashton to Stalybridge; the link to the GC station closed in 1902. ^{[6] [7]}

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

The Bradshaw's Guide timetable for 1922 listed 11 southbound & 12 northbound trains calling on Mondays to Saturdays, but none on Sundays. ^[8]

The station closed on 25 September 1950 ^[3] and the line was closed on 1 January 1968. ^[9]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Denton		London and North Western Railway		Dukinfield Denton and Dukinfield line GC (until 1902)
				Dukinfield and Ashton Stalybridge junction line L&NWR (from 1893)

References

1. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – G to H. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
2. Quick 2023, pp. 60 & 610.
3. Quick 2023, p. 60.
4. Lancashire Sheet CV.SW (Map). six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
5. Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 158.
6. Quick 2023, p. 610.
7. Brown 2021, p. 109.
8. Bradshaw 1985, tables 486–490.
9. Hurst 1992, p. 52 (ref 2365).

Bibliography

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
• Brown, Joe (2021). Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas. Manchester: Crécy Publishing. ISBN   9780860936879. OCLC   1112373294.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
• Oliver, Henry; Airey, John (1894). Hand-book and Appendix of Stations, Junctions, Sidings, Collieries, &c., on the Railways in United Kingdom.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.