Royton Junction railway station

Royton Junction
General information
Location	Higginshaw, Oldham England
Coordinates	53°33′15″N2°06′06″W / 53.55426°N 2.10170°W / 53.55426; -2.10170
Grid reference	SD934064
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1864 (1864-07-01)	Opened as Royton Junction
8 May 1978	Renamed Royton
11 May 1987	Closed
Location

Royton Junction railway station was a station on the Oldham Loop Line in Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 1 July 1864, and was the junction for the short branch line to Royton railway station. The line to Royton was closed to goods on 2 November 1964, and to passengers on 16 April 1966. ^[1] A 450-yard section of the line remained in use for freight traffic from Royton Junction to Higginshaw Gas Sidings. This final part of the Royton Junction to Royton line closed on 6 April 1970. ^[2]

The station was renamed Royton on 8 May 1978, and was closed from 11 May 1987. ^[3] Approval for closure had been given on 8 May 1987, ^[4] for the station had been replaced by Derker station which opened 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) away on 30 August 1985. ^[5]

References

1. "Disused Stations: Royton Station".
2. "Central Lines". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 201. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
5. Alan Bevan, ed. (1998). A—Z of Rail Reopenings. Railway Development Society. Warwick: Warwick Printing Company. ISBN   0-901283-13-4.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Oldham Mumps		L&YR Royton branch		Royton
Derker		London Midland Region of British Railways Oldham Loop Line		Shaw and Crompton

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Kirklees South Lines to Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines to Tameside Rochdale Lines to Rochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines to Tameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps (L&YR) Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham Central (L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines to Ashton Chadderton Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway Freehold South Chadderton Rochdale Lines to Middleton and Rochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North to Manchester Manchester Lines North to Manchester