Dukinfield Central railway station

Dukinfield Central
General information
Location	Tameside, Greater Manchester England
Coordinates	53°28′53″N2°05′53″W / 53.48146°N 2.09809°W / 53.48146; -2.09809
Grid reference	SJ935983
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
23 December 1845 (1845-12-23)	Opened as Dukinfield
March 1863	Resited SW
1954	Renamed Dukinfield Central
4 May 1959 (1959-05-04)	Closed
Location

Railway bridge over the Peak Forest Canal at Dukinfield

v t e Railway lines in Tameside
Legend
Oldham Lines to Oldham Oldham Lines to Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Loop Park Bridge Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook Manchester Lines North to Manchester Victoria Stalybridge Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw (1st station) Ashton Moss Audenshaw Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Dukinfield Central Cemetery Road Metrolink to Manchester Piccadilly Guide Bridge Audenshaw (2nd station) Fairfield Manchester Lines South to Hyde Road Flowery Field Manchester Lines North to Manchester Piccadilly Hyde North Denton Hyde Central Stockport Lines to Stockport Newton for Hyde to Marple Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Glossop lines to Glossop & Hadfield

Dukinfield Central railway station served the town of Dukinfield in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England from 1845 until 1959.

History

The station was opened as Dukinfield on 23 December 1845, when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway opened its branch from Guide Bridge to Stalybridge. ^{[1] [2]}

First station

The station consisted of "a platform and open shed on the down side, and a bare narrow platform on the up, all of wooden construction, as were the steps by which they were approached. Nearby were half-a-dozen small cottages owned by the company, one of which, the residence of the clerk-in-charge, was used as a booking office and waiting room." ^{[a] [4]}

The platforms were lengthened in 1842 and gas lighting was installed in 1844. ^[5]

Second station

The station was rebuilt in 1863; the new station was closer to the canal and 117 yd (107 m) nearer to Guide Bridge station. ^[4]

It was situated on Wharf Street between Station Street and the Peak Forest Canal, next to the Wharf Tavern. ^[6] The station building was two-storeys high, with steps from the forecourt up to the first floor at platform level. ^[7]

By 1893, the station platforms had been extended over the canal so they were now twice the length of the originals. ^[8]

In 1954, the station was renamed Dukinfield Central. ^[1]

The station closed to passengers on 4 May 1959. ^[1]

The station did not have goods facilities, although Dukinfield goods station did; this was located on the London and North Western Railway, just west of their Dukinfield and Ashton station. ^{[9] [10]}

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashton Park Parade		Great Central Railway Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway		Guide Bridge

Notes

1. Down trains usually headed away from the major conurbation, usually London, but some railway companies ran 'up' to their headquarters location; in this case, 'up' was towards Stalybridge. ^[3]

References

1. Quick 2023, p. 171.
2. Grant 2017, p. 499.
3. Simmons 1997, p. 548.
4. Dow 1959, p. 262.
5. Dow 1959, p. 71.
6. Ashton under Lyne and Stalybridge - Lancashire Sheet 7 (Map). 1:1056. Ordnance Survey. 1874 [1852].
7. "Dukinfield Central station". Railway and Canal Historical Society.
8. Ashton under Lyne and Stalybridge - Lancashire VIII (Map). 1:1056. Ordnance Survey. 1893.
9. Brown 2021, p. 109.
10. Clinker 1978, p. 41.

Bibliography

• Brown, Joe (2021). Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas. Manchester: Crécy Publishing. ISBN   9780860936879. OCLC   1112373294.
• Clinker, C. R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN   0-905466-19-5. OCLC   5726624.
• Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. London: Locomotive Publishing Company. OCLC   60021205.
• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
• Simmons, Jack (1997). "'up' and 'down'". In Simmons, Jack; Biddle, Gordon (eds.). The Oxford Companion to British Railway History From 1603 to the 1990s (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 548. ISBN   0-19-211697-5.