Dukinfield and Ashton railway station

Dukinfield and Ashton
General information
Location	Tameside England
Coordinates	53°28′57″N2°05′37″W / 53.48260°N 2.09354°W / 53.48260; -2.09354
Grid reference	SJ938984
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
2 October 1893 (1893-10-02)	Opened
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)	Closed
30 January 1965	Closed for freight

Dukinfield and Ashton railway station served Dukinfield in Greater Manchester, England.

The line through the station site opened in August 1893 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opened the Stalybridge junction line from a new junction just south of Dukinfield station on the Great Central Railway to Stalybridge, thereby providing its own route to Stalybridge from Denton Junction. ^{[1] [2]}

The station was built at high level on a viaduct as it passed through Dukinfield. The station was opened on 2 October 1893. ^[3]

Access to the platforms was via an entrance in Cooper Street and ascending a staircase inside one of viaduct pillars.^{[ citation needed ]}

The station was closed on 25 September 1950. ^[3]

The goods yard, called just Dukinfield, was to the south-west of the passenger station, it had a goods shed and a 10 ton crane, it closed on 30 January 1965. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The line closed completely on 1 January 1968. ^[7]

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the railway and station (red line bottom centre)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hooley Hill		L&NWR Stalybridge junction line		Stalybridge

References

1. Brown 2021, pp. 109 & 150.
2. Reed 1996, p. 166.
3. Quick 2023, p. 171.
4. Cheshire III.9 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1898.
5. Brown 2021, p. 109.
6. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 172.
7. Hurst 1992, p. 52 (ref 2365).

Bibliography

• 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.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
• Reed, Malcolm C. (1996). The London & North Western Railway: A History . Atlantic Transport. ISBN   978-0-906899-66-3.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.