Platt Bridge railway station

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Platt Bridge
General information
Location Platt Bridge, Wigan
England
Coordinates 53°31′24″N2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977 Coordinates: 53°31′24″N2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977
Grid reference SD605031
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1864Station opened
1 May 1961Station closed [1]
Lines around Wigan in 1907 Boar's Head, Haigh, Hindley, Pemberton, Plank Lane, Strangeways & Wigan RJD 77.jpg
Lines around Wigan in 1907

Platt Bridge railway station is a closed railway station in the Platt Bridge area of Wigan, England, where the line bridged Liverpool Road (the A58).

Contents

Platt Bridge was in the historic county of Lancashire.

History

The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 September 1864, in common with other stations on the Manchester to Wigan Line.

The station joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping in 1923 and passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station closed on 1 May 1961. [1]

Coal deposits were the chief motivation for building a railway in the area and the railway's supporters included many local colliery owners and industrialists. [2]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 186.
  2. Sweeney 1996 , p. 71

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wigan North Western   LNWR
Manchester to Wigan Line
  Hindley Green