Wilbraham Road railway station
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1937 OS map showing the location of Wilbraham Road railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Whalley Range, Manchester |
| Area | Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53°26′24″N 2°15′05″W / 53.4401°N 2.2515°WCoordinates: 53°26′24″N 2°15′05″W / 53.4401°N 2.2515°W |
| Grid reference | SJ834937 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 2 May 1892 | Station opens as Alexandra Park |
| 1 July 1923 | Station renamed Wilbraham Road |
| 7 July 1958 | Station closes |
| 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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Wilbraham Road railway station was a station in Whalley Range, Manchester, England, on the former Fallowfield Loop line from Manchester Central via Chorlton-cum-Hardy to Fairfield and Guide Bridge. The station was opened as Alexandra Park in 1892 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
It was near the junction of Alexandra Road South and Mauldeth Road West, near Alexandra Park, and served the expanding residential suburb of Whalley Range. The railway line has since been converted into a cycle track.
Alexandra Park station opened on 2 May 1892. From 1 August 1897 to 1 January 1923 the station was owned by the Great Central Railway (GCR). The GCR was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) during the Grouping of 1923. The station was renamed Wilbraham Road on 1 July 1923 to avoid possible confusion with the north London suburb of Alexandra Park on the same network. The naming was an unusual choice, since the station was about a 1⁄4 mile (400 m) from the A6010 Wilbraham Road, and was not visible from there.
During 1918–19 the station goods yard was used to receive aircraft fuselages, wings and other major components from Avro at Newton Heath and the National Aircraft Factory No. 2 at Heaton Chapel for assembly at the nearby Alexandra Park Aerodrome, which lay 300 yards (270 m) to the south.
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