Ordsall Lane railway station
Ordsall Lane | |
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General information | |
Location | Ordsall, Salford England |
Grid reference | SJ825979 |
Platforms | 5 |
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 August 1849 | Station opens |
4 February 1957 | Station closes |
Ordsall Lane railway station is a closed railway station on the Liverpool to Manchester line.
History
The station was located on the
The station was closed to passenger traffic on 4 February 1957 by the British Transport Commission, through it remained substantially intact until well into the 1960s.[1] A charter special stopped there for photographs in April 1966 and whilst the station buildings had been demolished by this point, the platforms were still extant.[1] The remnants were eventually removed by British Rail in the mid-1970s, when the L&M route reverted to being a double track railway[2] (the section from here to Patricroft had previously been quadrupled by the London and North Western Railway back in the early 1880s).
The opening of the
References
- ^ a b c d e "Disused Stations - Ordsall Lane"Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 30 September 2016
- ^ "Ordsall Lane railway lands 1977" Whatley, Peter Geograph.org; Retrieved 30 September 2016
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53°28′43″N 2°15′49″W / 53.4785°N 2.2635°W