Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880 and served

Newton Heath Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part of Lancashire, Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the factory system following the Industrial R ...

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. The station was on the

Oldham Loop Line The Oldham Loop Line was a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England, used by trains that ran from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale via Oldham Mumps. Services on the line at the time of its closure were operated by Northern Rail. The l ...

north east of

Manchester Victoria Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was co ...

and was operated and managed by

Northern Rail Northern Rail, branded as Northern, was an English train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio that operated the Northern Rail franchise from 2004 until 2016. It was the primary passenger train operator in Northern England, and operated th ...

. There were once three stations in Newton Heath: , Dean Lane and . The station was away from

Newton Heath TMD Newton Heath TMD is a traction maintenance depot in Newton Heath, Manchester, England, at the junction of the Calder Valley Line and the former Oldham Loop Line east of Manchester Victoria station. History In 1987, the depot's allocation ...

. The station closed for conversion to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and re-opened as Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink on 13 June 2012, using only the former Manchester-bound platform. The track has been singled through the station, allowing Network Rail to use the other line to access the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal facility.

Old line

The Oldham loop line, closed 3 October 2009. Stations, anticlockwise from Manchester: * Dean Lane *

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* Hollinwood * Oldham Werneth * Oldham Mumps *

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* New Hey *

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Bibliography

* Butt, R.V.J "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1995, Disused railway stations in Manchester Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2009 DfT Category F2 stations {{UK-metro-stub