Middleton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Rochdale |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.549°N -2.1917°W |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 7 September 1964 |
Events1: | Closed to passengers |
Years2: | 11 October 1965 |
Events2: | Closed for freight |
Middleton Railway station served the town of Middleton.
The station opened on 5 January 1857 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened a branch line to serve the town from .
The station was located to the south east of the junction of Oldham Road (now the A669) and Townley Street.[1]
Originally the station had a single platform. It was rebuilt with two platforms in 1885-1886. There were goods lines on both sides of the main running lines and a goods shed to the south.[1] The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a five ton crane.
A Cotton shed (described on the map as a goods shed) opened about 1907, it had a rail link into Neva Cotton Mills.[2]
The station closed to passengers on 7 September 1964 and completely on 11 October 1965 when the branch also closed.[3]