Park railway station

Not to be confused with Park railway station (Deeside).

For other uses, see Park station (disambiguation).

Park railway station served the Newton Heath and Philips Park areas of Manchester, England.

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Park railway station in 1989
General information
Location	Newton Heath, Philips Park, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53.493°N 2.195°W / 53.493; -2.195
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 (1846-04-13)	Opened
27 May 1995 (1995-05-27)	Closed

Location and early history

The station was located on Briscoe Lane. The station was opened on 13 April 1846 ^[1] by the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway (AS&LJ) at the same time as their line from Miles Platting to Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge.

The AS&LJ became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 9 July 1847.^[2] The London and North Western Railway had running powers over the line, and from the completion of Standedge Tunnel ran express trains between Leeds and Manchester through Park station.

The station was served by local trains between Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester throughout its life, although from 1968 (when many other local stations in the area closed) these mainly called during the weekday peaks.

Later history and closure

Latterly only a handful of trains served the station and usage had declined to the point where it was decided that it was no longer economically viable to keep it open—as a result it closed on 27 May 1995.^[3] The overgrown platforms are still visible from passing trains.

1910 Railway Clearing House diagram of Manchester's railway system showing the location (upper right) of Park station on the LYR line to Ashton

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Miles Platting		L&YR Huddersfield Line		Clayton Bridge

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 181
2. Awdry 1990, p. 91
3. "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.
• Martin Bairstow. The Manchester and Leeds Railway.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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