Atherton Bag Lane railway station
| Atherton Bag Lane | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Atherton, Greater Manchester |
| Area | Wigan |
| Coordinates | 53°31′46″N 2°30′19″W / 53.5294°N 2.5053°WCoordinates: 53°31′46″N 2°30′19″W / 53.5294°N 2.5053°W |
| Grid reference | SD667038 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Bolton and Leigh Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 11 June 1831 | Opened as Bag Lane |
| 1847 | Renamed Atherton |
| 2 June 1924 | Renamed Atherton Bag Lane |
| 29 March 1954 | Closed to passengers |
| 7 October 1963 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Atherton Bag Lane railway station served an area of Atherton, Greater Manchester in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Bolton Great Moor Street to Leigh Station and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and later to Kenyon Junction.
Opened by the Bolton and Leigh Railway it became part of the London and North Western Railway, the station joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping in 1923. It passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by the British Transport Commission six years later.
The site is a wooded area at the corner of two roads.
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