Wardleworth railway station served the township of Wardleworth in

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, from 1870 until closure in 1947. It was on the Facit Branch between Rochdale and Facit, which was extended to Bacup in 1881. The station was quite well placed for Rochdale town centre and so, in addition to the branch trains, a few other services from Manchester terminated here. Between here and Rochdale station was the Roch Valley Viaduct, now demolished.

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*Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt () Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1947 {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub