Little Hulton railway station served the village of
Little Hulton,
Greater Manchester
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, England.
History
The station was opened on 1 April 1875 by 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 ...
(LNWR), on the line from
Roe Green
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Junction to
Bolton Great Moor Street. It was situated on the north side of the
turnpiked Manchester
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to
Chorley
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road at
Little Hulton.
The LNWR proposed naming the station ''Streetgate'' but was overruled by the Little Hulton Local Board.
The line and station closed to regular passenger traffic in 1954, with the last train calling on Saturday 27 March.
By 2015 the trackbed through the station site formed part of National Cycle Network Route 55.
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External links
The station on a 1948 OS map via ''npe maps''The station on an 1888 series OS map overlay via ''National Library of Scotland''The station and line via ''railwaycodes''
Disused railway stations in Salford
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954
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