Oldham Glodwick Road railway station was one of five stations that served the town of
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 ...
. It was close to
Oldham Mumps railway station
Oldham Mumps was a railway station, opened in 1847, which served the town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The station was a primary station located on the Oldham Loop Line northeast of Manchester Victoria. At the time of closure, it ...
, but was on a different line.
History
The station opened on 1 November 1862
on the
London and North Western Railway (LNWR) line between and , the bulk of which had been open since 1856. It replaced the LNWR's original terminus at
Oldham Mumps which closed the same day.
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 De ...
passenger train service to via Greenfield was withdrawn. The line remained open for goods traffic until 1964.
References
*An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways by John Hooper ()
External links
Oldham Glodwick Road 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 1862
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955
1862 establishments in England
1955 disestablishments in England
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