Audenshaw railway station (1883–1905)

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

Audenshaw
General information
Location	Tameside England
Coordinates	53°28′14″N2°06′42″W / 53.47062°N 2.11174°W / 53.47062; -2.11174
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 1883 (1883-11-01)	Station opened
1 May 1905 (1905-05-01)	Station closed

Audenshaw railway station served the western side of Audenshaw, Tameside. There were two London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) stations with this name in different locations within the Audenshaw area, this was the first one located in the west of the area adjacent to Ryecroft Hall. ^[1]

The line through the station site opened on 1 March 1882 when the L&NWR opened the Ashton branch junction line between Droylsden junction and Ashton Moss junction. ^{[2] [3]}

The station opened as Audenshaw on 1 November 1883. ^[4]

The station was located on an embankment opposite the junction of Manchester Road and Droylsden Road. The station had two platforms on the south side of Manchester Road, one each side of the two running lines. There were no goods facilities. ^[5] The station building was at road level on the western side of the railway. ^[6]

In 1895 the station had six services in each direction, to either Manchester Victoria or Manchester Exchange, all of them starting or terminating at Stockport. There was no service on Sundays. ^[7]

The station closed on 1 May 1905. ^[8] The line closed on 6 July 1969. ^{[3] [9]}

The overbridge has long been demolished. The station building still remains, in 2014 it was in use as a computer repair shop. ^[10]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Denton		London and North Western Railway Ashton branch junction line		Droylsden

References

1. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – A. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
2. Greville 1981, p. 6.
3. Goode 1986, p. 25.
4. Quick 2023, p. 60.
5. Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 15.
6. Lancashire Sheet CV.SW (Map). six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
7. Bradshaw 2011, p. 328.
8. "Register of Closed Railways: Droylsden Jct. - Ashton Moss Jct". 19 January 2024. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
9. Hurst 1992, p. 60 (ref 2653).
10. "Former railway embankment and station". Geograph. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

Bibliography

• Bradshaw, George (2011) [December 1895]. Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895: A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   978-1-908174-11-6. OCLC   832579861.
• Goode, C. T. (1986). The railways of Manchester . Hull: C.T. Goode. ISBN   0-9508239-8-8. OCLC   500124682.
• Greville, M.D. (1981). Chronology of the Railways of Lancashire and Cheshire (Revised and Combined ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   0-901461-30-X.
• 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.