Manchester Oldham Road railway station
| Manchester Oldham Road | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Manchester |
| Area | City of Manchester |
| Grid reference | SJ847989 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
| History | |
| 3 July 1839 | Station opened |
| 1 January 1844 | Closed to passengers |
| 7 October 1968 | Closed to freight |
| 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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Manchester Oldham Road was a railway station built on the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in Miles Platting, Greater Manchester. Built in 1839 and opened on 3 July, it was the Manchester terminus for the railway.
The station was built in 1839 on the north side of Oldham Road, and the east side of Lees Street. The line reached the station by a viaduct, 30 feet above the surrounding streets. A 'flight of spacious stairs' was used by passengers to reach the 'very commodious' station building. M&LR passenger trains from and to Yorkshire served the station from its opening on 3 July.
In 1839, both the M&LR and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway realised that their respective stations were too far from the city centre. Despite the conflicting aspirations of the two companies, negotiations between the two resulted in agreement to build a new station at the central location of Hunt's Bank, with the M&LR to have control. The M&LR's extension of the line to the newly completed Manchester Victoria at Hunt's Bank opened on 1 January 1844 and the original M&LR station closed for passenger use on the same date. An Act of Parliament, receiving royal assent had been obtained on 1 July 1839, enabling construction of this extension.
Once the M&LR's new extension had been opened, Oldham Road station was converted from passenger use to the receipt, unloading, storing and despatch of goods. From 1844, goods trains operated along what was now a short branch line (72-chains in length) from Oldham Road Junction near Miles Platting station. Waggons of 8 metric tons (7.9 long tons) or more were raised and lowered from the goods yard at street level below by a double hoist. The business offices (including the Superintendent's office) of the railway remained at the station.
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