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Coordinates: 53°28′14″N 2°6′41″W / 53.47056°N 2.11139°W / 53.47056; -2.11139
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This article is about The L&NWR Audenshaw station opened at Guide Bridge Hooley Hill in 1887 and closing in 1950. For The L&NWR Audenshaw station open from 1883 to 1905, see Audenshaw railway station (1883–1905).
Audenshaw
General information
LocationTameside, Greater Manchester
England
Coordinates53°28′14″N 2°6′41″W / 53.47056°N 2.11139°W / 53.47056; -2.11139
Grid referenceSJ927971
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1887 (1887-11-01)Opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge
1 January 1917Closed for alterations
3 October 1921Re-opened
2 June 1924Renamed Audenshaw
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)Station closed
1 January 1968Line closed
1912 Junction diagram of the Ashton Area, showing the station as Hooley Hill

Audenshaw railway station served the Hooley Hill area of Audenshaw, in Tameside, Manchester, England. There were two London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) stations with this name in different locations within the Audenshaw area; this was the second one located to the south of the area in Hooley Hill.[1]

History

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The line through the station site opened on 1 November 1882, when the L&NWR opened the Denton and Dukinfield branch from Denton Junction to Dukinfield station (which became Dukinfield Central in 1954) on the Great Central Railway (GC).[2]

The station opened as Hooley Hill Guide Bridge on 1 November 1887.[3] It was located on the east side of Mount Pleasant Street, where the line emerged from a short tunnel. The station had two platforms one each side of the two running lines.[4] There were no goods facilities.[5]

In 1893, the L&NWR built their own Stalybridge junction line, from just south of the GC Dukinfield Central station through Dukinfield and Ashton to Stalybridge; the link to the GC station closed in 1902.[6][7]

The station was closed for alterations from 1 January 1917 to 3 October 1921; it was renamed Audenshaw on 2 June 1924.[3]

The Bradshaw's Guide timetable for 1922 listed 11 southbound & 12 northbound trains calling on Mondays to Saturdays, but none on Sundays.[8]

The station closed on 25 September 1950[3] and the line was closed on 1 January 1968.[9]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Denton   London and North Western Railway   Dukinfield
Denton and Dukinfield line
GC (until 1902)
    Dukinfield and Ashton
Stalybridge junction line
L&NWR (from 1893)

References

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  1. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – G to H. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ Quick 2023, pp. 60 & 610.
  3. ^ a b c Quick 2023, p. 60.
  4. ^ Lancashire Sheet CV.SW (Map). six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
  5. ^ Oliver & Airey 1894, p. 158.
  6. ^ Quick 2023, p. 610.
  7. ^ Brown 2021, p. 109.
  8. ^ Bradshaw 1985, tables 486–490.
  9. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 52 (ref 2365).

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