Uppermill railway station

Upper Mill
General information
Location	Uppermill, Oldham England
Coordinates	53°32′52″N2°00′08″W / 53.54771°N 2.00223°W / 53.54771; -2.00223
Grid reference	SD999057
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1886	Station opens
1 January 1917	Station closes
15 June 1964	Closed for freight
Location

v t e Micklehurst Loop
Legend
to Huddersfield Standedge Tunnel Diggle Butterhouse tunnel Uppermill Friezland Royal George tunnel Micklehurst Staley and Millbrook Stalybridge to Manchester

Uppermill Railway Station served the village of Uppermill in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on their Micklehurst Line from Stalybridge to Diggle and Huddersfield. It opened in 1886 and closed to passengers in 1917. ^[1] Regular passenger trains continued to pass through the station until 1964 and the line was closed completely in 1966. ^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Friezland		London and North Western Railway Micklehurst Line		Diggle Line open, station closed

References

1. 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. p. 237. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. "Disused Stations: Uppermill Station" . Retrieved 19 March 2016.

• An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways by John Hooper ( ISBN   1-871608-19-8)