Little Hulton railway station

Little Hulton
The site of the station in 2010
General information
Location	Little Hulton, Salford England
Coordinates	53°31′43″N2°24′59″W / 53.5285°N 2.4163°W / 53.5285; -2.4163
Grid reference	SD725036
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 April 1875	Station opened
29 March 1954	Station closed [1]
Location

v t e LNWR lines to Bolton
Legend
Bolton Deansgate Goods Bolton Crook Street Goods Bolton Great Moor Street Original alignment shown in grey Daubhill ( original and incline ) Rumworth and Daubhill Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent ( original and incline ) Little Hulton Manchester–Southport line (LYR) to Wigan Wallgate Walkden High Level Atherton Bag Lane Walkden Low Level Hindley Green Howe Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly to Wigan North Western Plank Lane Tyldesley Loopline Atherleigh Tyldesley Westleigh Ellenbrook Leigh Bolton and Leigh Railway Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly Worsley Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridgewater Canal Monton Green Pennington junctions to Bury Pennington East Lancashire Road Eccles Liverpool–Manchester lines Kenyon Junction Bridgewater Canal Liverpool–Manchester lines Some stations omitted in dotted sections

v t e Railway Lines in Salford
Legend
Past, present and future
to Wigan Wallgate   to Bolton Great Moor Street to Wigan North Western   Little Hulton Ellenbrook Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level to Liverpool Lime Street Moorside to Bolton Barton Moss Worsley Swinton Dixon Fold Patricroft   Monton Green Pendlebury to Bury   Clifton Junction Eccles Eccles   Agecroft Bridge Ladywell Irlams o' th' Height Agecroft Jct Weaste Weaste Brindle Heath Jct Langworthy Seedley Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Broadway Cross Lane MediaCityUK Harbour City   Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane   Oldfield Road Metrolink to Manchester Ordsall Chord Salford Central to Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Victoria

Little Hulton railway station served the village of Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England.

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1875 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), on the line from Roe Green Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street. It was situated on the north side of the turnpiked Manchester to Chorley road at Little Hulton.

The LNWR proposed naming the station Streetgate but was overruled by the Little Hulton Local Board. ^[2]

The line and station closed to regular passenger traffic in 1954, with the last train calling on Saturday 27 March. ^[3]

By 2015 the trackbed through the station site formed part of National Cycle Network Route 55.

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. xxx
2. Sweeney 1997 , p. 272
3. Holland 2001 , p. 111

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN   1-85260-508-1
• Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Triangle Publishing, ISBN   0-9529333-6-5
• Sweeney, D.J. (1997), A Lancashire Triangle Part Two, Triangle Publishing, ISBN   0-9529333-2-2

External links

• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• The station on an 1888 series OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line via railwaycodes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Plodder Lane Line and station closed		LNWR		Walkden Low Level Line and station closed