Worsley railway station

Worsley railway station was opened in 1864 to serve the town of Worsley in Greater Manchester. The Tyldesley Loopline closed in 1969 as a result of the Beeching Axe.[2]

Worsley
Location	Worsley, Salford England
Coordinates	53.5006°N 2.3663°W
Grid reference	SD757006
Platforms	3
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 September 1864	Station opened
5 May 1969	Station closed[1]

Manchester to Wigan Line
West Coast Main Line to Preston Wigan North Western to Liverpool Lime Street via St Helens to Standish via Whelley Loop West Coast Main Line Platt Bridge to Warrington Bank Quay   to Wigan Central and Whelley Loop Bickershaw & Abram to Glazebrook via Lowton St Mary's Plank Lane   to Kenyon Junction Hindley Green via Pennington   Atherleigh to Kenyon Junction via Pennington to Bolton Great Moor Street via Chequerbent Leigh Howe Bridge Tyldesley Junction Tyldesley Ellenbrook to Bolton Great Moor Street via Walkden Low Level to Kenyon Junction via Chat Moss Worsley Patricroft Monton Green to Clifton Junction Eccles Junction Eccles to Manchester Exchange or Manchester Victoria

Tyldesley Loopline
London & North Western Rly to Liverpool Lime Street West Coast Main Line to Warrington Bank Quay Newton-le-Willows Lowton Parkside West Coast Main Line to Wigan Kenyon Junction Glazebury and Bury Lane Pennington to Wigan via Plank Lane Flow Moss to Bolton via Chequerbent Bridgewater Canal Astley Leigh to Wigan via Hindley Green Lamb's Cottage Tyldesley Ellenbrook Barton Moss to Bolton via Walkden Low Level Worsley Patricroft Monton Green to Bury via Clifton Hall Tunnel Eccles Junction Eccles London & North Western Rly to Manchester Victoria

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

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Worsley

Worsley Station opened on 1 September 1864 at the same time as other stations on the Manchester and Wigan Railway line. Local colliery owners including the Earl of Ellesmere were among its supporters. The station was built of white brick with details in red and black brick. The station had two first class and two second class waiting rooms and a booking office. It had a glass canopy and the platforms were 100 yards in length.[3]

The former track bed is now part of a footpath and the station platforms still survive.

References

Notes

1. James 2004, p. 48.
2. Worsley Station, Subterranea Britannica, retrieved 12 September 2010
3. Sweeney 1996, p. 153

Bibliography

• James, David (2004), Lancashire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, ISBN 1 84033 288 3
• Sweeney, D. J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Walkden Low Level Line and station closed		LNWR		Monton Green Line and station closed
Ellenbrook Line and station closed