Ordsall Lane railway station is a closed railway station on the Liverpool to Manchester line.

History

The station was located on the

Liverpool and Manchester Railway The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. It was also the first railway to rely exclusively ...

, which opened to traffic in September 1830. The station wasn't listed in initial timetables, but early company records state that it was one of the intermediate stopping points on the route. By August 1849 it had been fully opened to traffic, though even then it wasn't listed in

Bradshaw's Guide ''Bradshaw's'' was a series of railway timetables and travel guide books published by W.J. Adams and later Henry Blacklock, both of London. They are named after founder George Bradshaw, who produced his first timetable in October 1839. Althou ...

until March 1850."Disused Stations - Ordsall Lane"
'Disused Stations Site Record''; Retrieved 30 September 2016 One of its primary functions was to act as an interchange station between the L&MR (which from 1844 had been diverted to

Manchester Victoria Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was co ...

) and the 1849 link to the

Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJ&AR) was a suburban railway which operated an route between Altrincham in Cheshire and Manchester London Road railway station (now Piccadilly) in Manchester. The MSJ&AR line operat ...

at Castlefield Junction - as such it would eventually be expanded to five platforms by the end of the 19th century. The station was closed to passenger traffic on 4 February 1957 by the

British Transport Commission The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the se ...

, through it remained substantially intact until well into the 1960s. A charter special stopped there for photographs in April 1966 and whilst the station buildings had been demolished by this point, the platforms were still extant. The remnants were eventually removed by British Rail in the mid-1970s, when the L&M route reverted to being a double track railway"Ordsall Lane railway lands 1977"
Whatley, Peter ''Geograph.org''; Retrieved 30 September 2016 (the section from here to had previously been quadrupled by the London and North Western Railway back in the early 1880s). The opening of the Windsor Link connection from in 1988 saw further major alterations to the site, with the existing junction significantly remodelled, a second one added, redundant trackwork being lifted and the area re-signalled. As a consequence, no trace remains of the station today.

References

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Disused Stations - Ordsall Lane
Disused railway stations in Salford Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1957 {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub