Glazebury and Bury Lane railway station

Glazebury and Bury Lane
General information
Location	Culcheth and Glazebury, Warrington England
Coordinates	53°28′04″N2°29′39″W / 53.4677°N 2.4943°W / 53.4677; -2.4943
Grid reference	SJ674969
Platforms	2 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 September 1830	Station opened as Bury Lane [2]
July 1878	Station renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane [3]
7 July 1958	Station closed [3]
Location

v t e Tyldesley Loopline
Legend
London & North Western Rly to Liverpool Lime Street West Coast Main Line to Warrington Bank Quay Newton-le-Willows Lowton Parkside West Coast Main Line to Wigan Kenyon Junction Glazebury and Bury Lane Pennington to Wigan via Plank Lane Flow Moss to Bolton via Chequerbent Bridgewater Canal Astley Leigh to Wigan via Hindley Green Lamb's Cottage Tyldesley Ellenbrook Barton Moss to Bolton via Walkden Low Level Worsley Patricroft Monton Green to Bury via Clifton Hall Tunnel Eccles Junction Eccles London & North Western Rly to Manchester Victoria

Glazebury and Bury Lane is a closed railway station between Liverpool and Manchester. ^{[4] [5]}

The station opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway as Bury Lane, being renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane in 1878. ^[6] The station closed on 7 July 1958.

References

1. Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 46.
2. Butt 1995, p. 50.
3. Butt 1995, p. 104.
4. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45.
5. Conolly 1998, p. 45.
6. Butt 1995, pp. 50, 104.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980), Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, ISBN   978-0-900857-19-5
• Conolly, W. Philip (1998). British railways pre-grouping atlas and gazetteer (9th impression; 5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC   221481275.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN   978-0-7110-3695-6

External links

• The station's history Disused Stations UK
• The station and line on overlain maps Rail Maps Online
• The station on an 1849 OS map National Library of Scotland
• The station on overlain old OS maps National Library of Scotland
• The station on a 1948 OS Map npe maps
• The line and mileages railwaycodes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Kenyon Junction Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway Liverpool and Manchester Railway		Flow Moss Line open, station closed