Knowles Level Crossing Halt was a stopping point on the
Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line, from 1905 until 1918.
History
The
line from
Bury to had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally had three intermediate stations. A service of steam
railmotor
Railmotor is a term used in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for a railway lightweight railcar, usually consisting of a railway carriage with a steam traction unit, or a diesel or petrol engine, integrated into it.
Steam railcars
Overview
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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 Knowles Level Crossing, from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed on 1 April 1918.
The halt was on the south side of Shepherd Street.
References
*Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()
External links
Site of Knowles Level Crossing 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 1918
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