Ashton Park Parade railway station
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Ashton Park Parade | |
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General information | |
Location | Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
23 December 1845 | Opened as Ashton[1] |
30 July 1862 | Renamed Ashton Park Parade[2] |
5 November 1956 | Closed[1] |
Ashton Park Parade railway station was a station on the line between
Location
The down platform of Ashton Park Parade station was located on what is now a grass site to the south of Ashton's Park Parade Bypass and before the construction of the Bypass the down platform was approached directly from the end of Warrington Street where there was a large cobbled yard for passenger and parcel vehicles. The up platform stood on the edge of the escarpment, supported by arches and overlooking Lower Wharf Street. To the east of this platform were coal staithes where coal was dropped into vehicles waiting below in the coal yard. The lines serving the coal staithes were controlled by a signal box located on the opposite side of the line and just to the east of the down line platform where there was also a substantial goods siding. When the sidings were built Ashton's Old Baronial Hall was demolished to make way for them. These sidings occupied the land where the Bypass runs between the Parish Church and the railway line with the only remaining signs of the sidings being two wooden buildings in Church Street which once served the goods yard.
History
Opened by the
Present day
No remains of the former station are evident other than the well preserved flight of stone steps which ascend from Lower Wharf Street and led into the former Station Yard at the down platform entrance. The railway line is still open;
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Stalybridge Line and station open |
Great Central Railway Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
Dukinfield Central Line open, station closed |
References
- ^ OCLC 931112387.
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ "Site of Ashton (Park Parade) station,... © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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