Brandlesholme Road Halt was a stopping point on the
Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line from 1905 until the line closed in 1952.
History
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to had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally there were three intermediate stations. A service of steam
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s was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or ''
halts'', included one at Brandlesholme Road, from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed with the end of passenger services on the line on 5 May 1952.
References
*Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()
External links
Brandlesholme Road Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map
Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952
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