Plodder Lane railway station

Plodder Lane
General information
Location	Highfield, Farnworth, Bolton England
Coordinates	53°32′55″N2°25′24″W / 53.5485°N 2.4233°W / 53.5485; -2.4233 Coordinates: 53°32′55″N2°25′24″W / 53.5485°N 2.4233°W / 53.5485; -2.4233
Grid reference	SD720058
Platforms	2 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1875 (1875-04-01)	Station opened
29 March 1954 (1954-03-29)	Station closed [2]

v t e LNWR lines to Bolton
Legend
Deansgate Goods Bolton Crook Street Goods Bolton Great Moor Street Original alignment shown in grey Rumworth and Daubhill Daubhill ( original and incline ) Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent ( original and incline ) Little Hulton Manchester–Southport line (LYR) to Wigan Wallgate Walkden High Level Atherton Bag Lane Walkden Low Level Hindley Green Howe Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly to Wigan North Western Plank Lane Tyldesley Loopline Atherleigh Tyldesley Westleigh Ellenbrook Leigh Bolton and Leigh Railway Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly Worsley Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridgewater Canal Monton Green Pennington junctions to Bury Pennington Eccles East Lancashire Road Liverpool–Manchester lines Kenyon Junction Bridgewater Canal Liverpool–Manchester lines Some stations omitted in dotted sections

Plodder Lane railway station served the southern part of Bolton and the western, Highfield, part of Farnworth.

The station was located on the southern side of a bridge carrying Plodder Lane, the present B6199. The wooden station building was at road level with steps down to both platforms. ^[3]

Plodder Lane station was on the London and North Western Railway route between Bolton Great Moor Street and Manchester Exchange.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1875 and was sometimes known as Plodder Lane for Farnworth. ^[4] There was a nearby locomotive shed, also named Plodder Lane. The station was the first one to the south of Bolton Great Moor Street, the line's northern terminus. ^[5]

The station closed on 29 March 1954 and was demolished in the Winter of 1955–56. ^[6]

The cutting that the station was in is still visible today and a footpath runs between the station site and Highfield Road. The site of the adjacent Engine Shed and Goods Yard was covered by housing although the path that led from Plodder Lane to Minerva Road survives and much of the exterior wall of the shed site is still in situ.

References

1. Suggitt 2004, p. 85.
2. Butt 1995, p. 186
3. Holland 2001, p. 31.
4. Butt 1995 , p. 186
5. Conolly 1976, p. 45, section C2.
6. Holland 2001, p. 140.

Sources

• 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
• Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN   0-9529333-6-5
• Suggitt, Gordon (2004). Lost Railways of Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-85306-869-0.
• Sweeney, Dennis J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN   978-0-9529333-0-4

External links

• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• The station on an 1885 series OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line via railwaycodes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bolton Great Moor Street Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway		Little Hulton Line and station closed