Walkden Low Level railway station served the town of

Walkden Walkden is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, northwest of Salford, and of Manchester. Historically in the township of Worsley in Lancashire, Walkden was a centre for coal mining and textile manufacture. In 2014, ...

City of Salford The City of Salford () is a metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, England. The borough is named after its main settlement, Salford. The borough covers the towns of Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Pendlebury, as well as the villages ...

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, England.

History

The station was opened as "Walkden" in 1875 by the

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 ...

on its new line from

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Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street. It was renamed Walkden Low Level to distinguish it from the nearby ex-

Lancashire and 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 ...

's Walkden High Level station in June 1924. The station had two platforms reached by four ramps with waiting rooms and canopy on each, and offices on the north side. The railway company proposed naming the station "Walkden Stocks" but was overruled by the Local Board. Regular passenger services ceased in 1954 but the line continued to be used for freight traffic for some further time. The station was about one mile north of

and close by there were sidings and a connection to the Bridgewater Estates colliery railway at Barrack's Tramway Junction.

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External links

The station and its history via ''Disused Stations UK''

The station on an 1885 series OS map overlay via ''National Library of Scotland''

The station and line via ''railwaycodes''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walkden Low Level Railway Station Disused railway stations in Salford Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954