Northenden railway station
Northenden | |
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Manchester England | |
Coordinates | 53°23′55″N 2°15′11″W / 53.3986°N 2.2531°W |
Grid reference | SJ832891 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Key dates | |
1 February 1866 | Opened |
30 November 1964 | Closed |
Northenden railway station in Sharston, Manchester, England, was built by the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJ) and opened for passenger and goods traffic on 1 February 1866.[1]
On 15 August 1867, the ST&AJ became part of the Cheshire Lines Committee; it became jointly owned by the London and North Eastern Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 January 1923.[2]
Some railway timetables described the station as Northenden for Wythenshawe because, lying between the road overbridges at Sharston Road and Longley Lane, it served the two districts.[1]
Station facilities
The main brick-built station building was constructed to a typical Cheshire Lines Committee design with steeply sloping roofs and decorative wooden barge boarding. It contained the booking office, passenger waiting room, parcels office, toilet facilities and the station master's accommodation. Until the 1890s a telegraph office, available to send public messages, was located in the station building.[3]
The main building was located on the north side of the line, and therefore was nearest to Northenden village and served passenger trains travelling eastwards from Liverpool and Warrington towards Stockport.
On the south side of the line was a smaller brick-built building containing a waiting room for passengers, and reached from the station's eastern end by a boarded railway crossing. This platform served passenger trains from Stockport travelling westwards towards Warrington and Liverpool.
Northenden Junction and signal box
Northenden Junction signal box is 200 yards (183 metres) to the east of where the main station buildings were, on the north side of the line, adjoining Longley Lane. The signal box was built using CLC's standard dark brick construction and utilised an unusually tall design, sufficiently high to enable the signalman on duty to readily see above Longley Lane road bridge over the line and on to Northenden Junction, 200 yards (183 m) away to the east, where the
Passenger train service
From its opening in 1866, Northenden station was served by local CLC passenger trains from Stockport Tiviot Dale to
The
These trains used the Northenden Line Junction to Cheadle Village Junction curve in Stockport to access the line to Northenden (see adjacent map).During the late 19th century, the CLC operated five trains per day from Stockport Tiviot Dale, stopping at Northenden and continuing via Deansgate Junction near Broadheath to Altrincham. The trains were timed to connect at Altrincham with the CLC trains from Manchester Central to Northwich and Chester.[6]
Until 1939, some express trains running through
The weekday westbound CLC local train service in July 1922 comprised four trains to Warrington or Liverpool and five to Altrincham.[8] By August 1946, the service to Altrincham had ceased and just four passenger trains per weekday ran to Warrington Central and Liverpool Central. The January 1956 passenger service was at the same sparse level.[9]
For most of the station's existence, the passenger trains were hauled by steam locomotives, but for some years leading up to the second World War, some services from Stockport via Northenden to Altrincham were operated by the CLC's own fleet of
Freight services
A two-line goods siding was located to the south of the westbound platform. This was served by local freight trains, which shunted the sidings each day. The goods facilities at Northenden were withdrawn on 19 June 1965. The sidings remained in use for various cement manufacturing companies over the years including Blue Circle Cement and later Lafarge.[10]
Until the early 1960s there was a very intensive service of freight trains through Northenden, with trains heading from
A large waste disposal terminal was constructed to the south of the junction in the mid-1970s. This being the property of Greater Manchester County Council (until 1986; since 1986 GMW). This two-line siding continues in use for the dispatch of container trains carrying landfill refuse. The destination for these being Roxby Gullet near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
Diesel-hauled freight trains still run through Northenden. These include heavy block trains carrying limestone from quarries at Tunstead (near Buxton) Derbyshire to the alkali works located near Northwich, Cheshire.
Railway diagram showing Northenden station and junction
See also
- Sir Edward Watkin, located 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) north-east of Northenden station
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 173
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 238
- ^ Bradshaws Guide 1895, p. xxxviii
- ^ Fox 1986, p. 2
- ^ Dyckhoff 1999, p. 65
- ^ Bradshaws Guide 1895, p. 456
- ^ Rose 1987, p. 119
- ^ Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide 1985, pp. 720–722
- ^ Bradshaw 1956, p. 128
- ^ Fox 1986, p. 23
- Bibliography
- Awdry, Christopher (1990), Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Guild Publishing, CN 8986
- Bradshaw-Mitchell, Vic, ed. (2011), Bradshaw's December 1895 Railway Guide, Middleton Press, ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6
- St John Thomas, David, ed. (1985), Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide, Guild Publishing
- Bradshaw, N.A. (1956), Bradshaw's Manchester ABC Railway Guide January 1956, Henry Blacklock & Co Ltd
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- Bolger, Paul (1984), The Cheshire Lines Committee, Heyday Publishing, ISBN 0-947562-00-1
- Dyckhoff, Nigel (1999), Portrait of the Cheshire Lines Committee, Ian Allan Ltd, ISBN 0-7110-2521-5
- Griffiths, R.P. (1978), The Cheshire Lines Railway, The Oakwood Press
- Fox, Gregory K. (1986), Scenes from the Past:1 The Railways around Stockport, Foxline Publications, ISBN 1-870119-00-2
- Rose, R.E. (1987), The LMS & LNER in Manchester, Ian Allan Ltd, ISBN 0-7110-1708-5
External links
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Baguley Line open, station closed |
Cheshire Lines Committee Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway |
Cheadle (CLC) Line and station closed | ||
Warrington and Stockport Railway
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Cheadle (LNW) Line open, station closed |