Walkden Low Level railway station

Walkden Low Level railway station served the community of Walkden, Greater Manchester, England.

Walkden Low Level
Location	Walkden, City of Salford England
Coordinates	53.5186°N 2.3978°W
Grid reference	SD737025
Platforms	2[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1875	Station opened as "Walkden"
June 1924	Renamed "Walkden Low Level"
29 March 1954	Station closed[2]

LNWR lines to Bolton
Deansgate Goods Bolton Crook Street Goods Bolton Great Moor Street Original alignment shown in grey Rumworth and Daubhill Daubhill ( original and incline ) Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent ( original and incline ) Little Hulton Manchester–Southport line (LYR) to Wigan Wallgate Walkden High Level Atherton Bag Lane Walkden Low Level Hindley Green Howe Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly to Wigan North Western Plank Lane Tyldesley Loopline Atherleigh Tyldesley Westleigh Ellenbrook Leigh Bolton and Leigh Railway Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly Worsley Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridgewater Canal Monton Green Pennington junctions to Bury Pennington Eccles East Lancashire Road Liverpool–Manchester lines Kenyon Junction Bridgewater Canal Liverpool–Manchester lines Some stations omitted in dotted sections

Railway Lines in Salford
Past, present and future
to Wigan Wallgate   to Bolton Great Moor Street to Wigan North Western   Little Hulton Ellenbrook Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level to Liverpool Lime Street Moorside to Bolton Barton Moss Worsley Swinton Dixon Fold Patricroft   Monton Green Pendlebury to Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles Eccles   Clifton Junction Ladywell   Agecroft Bridge Weaste Weaste Brindle Heath Jct Agecroft Jct Langworthy Seedley Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Broadway Cross Lane MediaCityUK Harbour City   Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane   Oldfield Road Metrolink to Manchester Ordsall Chord Salford Central to Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Victoria

History

The station was opened as "Walkden" in 1875 by the London and North Western Railway on its new line from Roe Green Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street. It was renamed Walkden Low Level to distinguish it from the nearby[3] ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Walkden High Level station in June 1924. The station had two platforms reached by four ramps with waiting rooms and canopy on each, and offices on the north side.[4] The railway company proposed naming the station "Walkden Stocks" but was overruled by the Local Board.[5] Regular passenger services ceased in 1954 but the line continued to be used for freight traffic for some further time.

The station was about one mile north of Roe Green and close by there were sidings and a connection to the Bridgewater Estates colliery railway at Barrack's Tramway Junction.[4]

References

1. James 2004, p. 39.
2. Butt 1995, p. xxx
3. Holland 2001, p. 26
4. Sweeney 1997, p. 269
5. Sweeney 1997, p. 272

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-6-5CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• James, David (2004), Lancashire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, ISBN 1-84033-288-3
• Sweeney, Dennis J. (1997), A Lancashire Triangle Part two, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• The station and its history via Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• The station on an 1885 series OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line via railwaycodes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Little Hulton Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway		Worsley Line and station closed