Grotton and Springhead railway station served the villages of

Grotton Grotton is an residential area in Saddleworth, a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Located along the A669 road, it forms a continuous urban area with Austerlands and Springhead, which in turn ...

and Springhead from 1856 until 1955.

History

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 ...

opened a branch from to

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh ...

on 5 July 1856. ''Grotton'' was one of two intermediate stations which opened on the same day. On 1 April 1900, the station was renamed ''Grotton and Springhead''. The station closed on 2 May 1955, when the

Delph Donkey The Delph Donkey was a line of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in northern England which opened in 1849 to connect Oldham, Greenfield and Delph to the main Huddersfield to Manchester line. Route Both the Saddleworth villages of Del ...

passenger train service to via Greenfield was withdrawn. The line remained in use for goods traffic until 1964. The station building still survives as a private residence.

References

*An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways by John Hooper ()

External links

Grotton and Springhead Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub