Micklehurst Railway Station served the town of

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshir ...

in Cheshire. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its

Micklehurst Line The Micklehurst Line was a railway line between Stalybridge, Cheshire, and Diggle junction in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now part of Greater Manchester). The line, approximately long, was also sometimes referred to as the Micklehurst Loop and ...

. The station closed for passengers in 1907 and to freight on 19 February 1962 but the line through the station remained open for passenger traffic until 7 September 1964. The station building on the up (Diggle to Stalybridge) side are still standing and are used as a private residence.

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*The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow Disused railway stations in Tameside Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1886 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1907 {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub