Audenshaw railway station

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Audenshaw
General information
Location Guide Bridge, Tameside
England
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1853Original Audenshaw station opens
1 November 1887Station opens as Hooley Hill (Guide Bridge)
1 May 1905Original Audenshaw station closes
2 June 1924Station renamed Audenshaw
25 September 1950Station closes

Audenshaw railway station served the Audenshaw area of Greater Manchester, then part of the county of Lancashire in England. The station was originally called Hooley Hill (Guide Bridge) as the original Audenshaw station opened by the London and North Western Railway closed in 1905.

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History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by British Railways in 1950.

The site today

The overbridge has long been demolished. The ticket booking building still remains, although it is in use as a computer repair shop. [1]

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References

  1. "Former railway embankment at The Snipe,... © Alan Murray-Rust cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Denton   London Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Western Railway
  Dukinfield and Ashton

Coordinates: 53°28′14″N2°06′42″W / 53.47062°N 2.11174°W / 53.47062; -2.11174