Dixon Fold railway station was built on the
Manchester and Bolton Railway, between
Clifton Junction railway station (
Manchester to Preston Line) and
Kearsley railway station
Kearsley railway station serves the town of Kearsley and the outlying villages of Stoneclough, Prestolee and Ringley in Greater Manchester, England. It was originally named Stoneclough.
It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line north of , tho ...
, in
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
near
Pendlebury
Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies north-west of Manchester city centre, north-west of Salford and south-east of Bolton.
Historically in Lancash ...
. It opened in 1841.
Maps of the area from 1848 give it the name ''Clifton Station'', which should not to be confused with the nearby
Clifton railway station on Rake Lane (formerly named Clifton Junction railway station), which opened in 1847.
The station closed between 2 August 1926 and 7 March 1927, but was closed permanently on 18 May 1931.
The station was demolished after closure.
See also
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Wet Earth Colliery
Wet Earth Colliery was a coal mine located on the Manchester Coalfield, in Clifton, Greater Manchester. The colliery site is now the location of Clifton Country Park. The colliery has a unique place in British coal mining history; apart from bei ...
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External links
Site of Dixon Fold Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Salford
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1841
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1926
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931
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