Clayton Bridge railway station

Clayton Bridge railway station, Manchester, was a railway station that served the locality between 1846 and 1968.

Clayton Bridge
Location	Clayton, Manchester England
Coordinates	53.493°N 2.168°W
Grid reference	SJ889996
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
13 April 1846	Station opened
7 October 1968	Station closed

Construction, opening and ownership

The station was built by the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway and opened on 13 April 1846.[1] The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which day the latter company changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR).[2] The LYR operated the station for the next 75 years before it was absorbed into the London & North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and the joint company became a major constituent of the London Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923.

Location and facilities

The station was situated immediately west of where the line crossed Berry Brow in Clayton Bridge near Clayton Vale in Clayton, Manchester. The main station buildings were situated on the Manchester-bound platform, south of the two-track line. A timber-built passenger waiting room was provided on the northerly eastbound platform.

The signal box, situated on the northern side of the line, just east of Berry Brow, was also used to manually operate the level crossing gates. It was fitted with a larger 22 lever LYR frame in 1893. Remotely operated automatic lifting barriers, monitored by CCTV, were installed at the road crossing in 1973 and this resulted in closure of the signal box on 16 December 1973.

1911 map showing the location of Clayton Bridge station between Park and Droylsden stations.

Train services

During summer 1922, the station was served on weekdays by 21 trains from Stalybridge to Manchester (Victoria) station (a few originating at Huddersfield), and one from Stockport (Edgeley) to Manchester (Exchange) Station.[3] By 1956, the station was served by 17 stopping trains to Manchester on weekdays, with the third class ordinary single fare then being 8d (3p).[4]

Closure

Clayton Bridge station became a victim of the Beeching Axe, closing on 7 October 1968.[1] Nothing now remains of the station buildings, platform or signal box. The level crossing barriers are now remotely operated.

Manchester railways
City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 62
2. Awdry 1990, p. 90
3. Bradshaw 1985, p. 549
4. Bradshaws 1956, p. 108 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFBradshaws1956 (help)

Bibliography

• Bairstow, Martin, The Manchester and Leeds Railway
• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Awdry, Christopher (1990), Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Guild Publishing, CN 8983

External links

• Clayton Bridge Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Park		L&YR Huddersfield Line		Droylsden