Droylsden railway station served the town of

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester city centre and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...

, England.

History

The station was opened on 13 April 1846 by the Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway. The

Manchester & Leeds Railway The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a British railway company that built a line from Manchester to Normanton where it made a junction with the North Midland Railway, over which it relied on running powers to access Leeds. The line followed the ...

took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which date the latter changed its name to the

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

. The station was closed by British Railways on 7 October 1968.

Location

Droylsden railway station had 4 platforms, two on the original Manchester to line and two on the later

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...

line to . The Littlemoss Aqueduct carried the Hollinwood Branch of the

Ashton Canal The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester, England, linking Manchester with Ashton-under-Lyne. Route The Ashton leaves the Rochdale Canal at Ducie St. Junction in central Manchester, and climbs for through 18 locks, passing thro ...

over the railway just west of the station. It was replaced with a footbridge after the canal was closed.

Routes

References

*The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow *R.V.J. Butt, "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, 1995, Disused railway stations in Tameside Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968 Beeching closures in England 1846 establishments in England Droylsden {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub