Astley railway station

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Astley
Astley signalbox.jpg
Astley signalbox and level crossing
General information
Location Astley, Wigan
England
Coordinates 53°28′14″N2°27′01″W / 53.4706°N 2.4502°W / 53.4706; -2.4502 Coordinates: 53°28′14″N2°27′01″W / 53.4706°N 2.4502°W / 53.4706; -2.4502
Grid reference SJ704973
Platforms2 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
about 1844Station opened
7 May 1956Station closed [2]

Astley was a railway station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on Chat Moss to the south of Astley village in what was then the county of Lancashire, England. [3]

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History

Opened in the 1840s by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the station became part of the Grand Junction Railway on 8 August 1845. The GJR merged to form the London and North Western Railway on 16 July 1846. The LNWR became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was closed by the British Railways Board on 7 May 1956. It was subsequently demolished. [4]

From 1914 to 1970 a triangular junction 32 chains (0.64 km) east of the station linked the mineral line from Astley Green Colliery north of the Bridgewater Canal to the main line. [5]

The site today

Trains on the now electrified, more northerly of the two Liverpool to Manchester Lines still pass through the station site. The buildings have been demolished and a signal box built since the station's closure occupies part of the site. An electrical switching site is being constructed in the vicinity as part of the Manchester - Liverpool (via Earlestown) section of the NW electrification schemes. The level crossing is locked and unlocked by the signaller, but is operated manually by road users.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Flow Moss   Liverpool and Manchester Railway   Lamb's Cottage

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 56
  2. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 20.
  3. ↑ Smith & Turner 2012 , Map 45
  4. ↑ Astley, disused-stations.org.uk, retrieved 23 November 2015
  5. ↑ Townley et al. 1995, pp. 326 & 387.

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