Atherleigh railway station

Atherleigh
Atherleigh
General information
Location	Leigh, Wigan; England
Coordinates	53.5077°N 2.5208°W
Grid reference	SD656013
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
14 October 1935	Station opened
29 March 1954	Station closed completely

Atherleigh railway station served an area of Leigh in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Kenyon Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street.

LNWR lines to Bolton

Deansgate Goods

Bolton

Crook Street Goods

Bolton

Great Moor Street

Original alignment

shown in grey

Rumworth and Daubhill

Daubhill (

original

and incline

)

Plodder Lane Shed

Plodder Lane

Chequerbent

Chequerbent (

original

and incline

)

Little Hulton

Manchester–Southport line (LYR)

to Wigan Wallgate

Howe Bridge

Manchester & Wigan Rly

to Wigan North Western

Tyldesley Loopline

Bolton and Leigh Railway

Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly

Worsley

Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Bridgewater Canal

Monton Green

Pennington junctions

to Bury

Pennington

Eccles

East Lancashire Road

Liverpool–Manchester lines

Kenyon Junction

Bridgewater Canal

Liverpool–Manchester lines

Some stations omitted in dotted sections

History

Opened by the London Midland and Scottish Railway to serve local housing estates built after World War 1.[1][2] The station was located on the west side of the railway at Westbourne Avenue with a connecting footbridge between the two parts of the road.[3]

The station structure was a simple wooden building.[4] There was a platform on each side of the tracks.[5]

The station 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.[6]

After closure

The station is believed to have been used for Rugby League specials[7] and holiday traffic[8] after closure.

By 2015 the station site was buried under the A579 road.[9]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Westleigh Line and station closed		London Midland and Scottish Railway		Atherton Bag Lane Line and station closed

References

Butt 1995, p. 21
Sweeney 1996, p. 45
"Location of Atherleigh station on a 1938 Lancashire CII.NE OS six-inch published in 1947". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
Sweeney 1996, pp. 45–46
Holland 2001, p. 73
Butt 1995, p. 21
Holland 2001, p. 73
The station's history via Disused Stations UK
Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Holland, Bert (2001), Plodder Lane for Farnworth, Leigh: Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-6-5
Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6
Sweeney, D. J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Triangle Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9529333-0-4

External links

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[1] Butt 1995, p. 21

[2] Sweeney 1996, p. 45

[3] "Location of Atherleigh station on a 1938 Lancashire CII.NE OS six-inch published in 1947". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[4] Sweeney 1996, pp. 45–46

[5] Holland 2001, p. 73

[6] Butt 1995, p. 21

[7] Holland 2001, p. 73

[8] The station's history via Disused Stations UK

[9] Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45

Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester
Bolton	Bolton Crook Street Bolton Great Moor Street Chequerbent (1831) Chequerbent (1885) Chew Moor Darcy Lever Horwich Lostock Lane Plodder Lane Rumworth and Daubhill The Oaks
Bury	Ainsworth Road Halt Bradley Fold Brandlesholme Road Halt Bury Knowsley Street Greenmount Holcombe Brook Knowles Level Crossing Halt Molyneux Brow Radcliffe Black Lane Radcliffe Bridge Ringley Road Sunny Wood Halt Tottington Withins Lane Woodhill Road Halt Woolfold
Manchester (city centre in italics)	Baguley Chorlton-cum-Hardy Clayton Bridge Dean Lane Didsbury Fallowfield High Street (Metrolink) Hyde Road Levenshulme South Longsight Manchester Central Manchester Liverpool Road Manchester Mayfield Manchester Oldham Road Miles Platting Mosley Street (Metrolink) Newton Heath Northenden Park Wilbraham Road Withington and West Didsbury
Oldham	Delph Derker Diggle Dobcross Failsworth Friezland Grasscroft Grotton and Springhead Hollinwood Lees Measurements Middleton Junction Moorgate Oldham Central Oldham Clegg Street Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps Oldham Mumps (LNWR) Oldham Werneth Royton Royton Junction Saddleworth Shaw and Crompton Uppermill
Rochdale	Broadfield Broadley Middleton Milnrow New Hey Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth
Salford	Agecroft Bridge Barton Moss Cadishead Cross Lane Dixon Fold Ellenbrook Irlams o' th' Height Little Hulton Manchester Exchange Monton Green Oldfield Road Ordsall Lane Pendlebury Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Seedley Walkden Low Level Weaste Worsley
Stockport	Cheadle (CLC) Cheadle (LNWR) Cheadle Heath Cheadle North Hazel Grove (Midland) High Lane Heaton Mersey Heaton Norris Portwood Stockport Tiviot Dale
Tameside	Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw Droylsden Dukinfield and Ashton Dukinfield Central Godley East Hooley Hill Micklehurst Oldham Road Park Bridge Staley and Millbrook
Trafford	Altrincham (1st) Bowdon Broadheath (Altrincham) Cornbrook Dunham (W&SR) Dunham Massey Partington West Timperley
Wigan	Amberswood (Hindley) Astley Atherleigh Atherton Bag Lane Bamfurlong Boar's Head Golborne North Golborne South Hindley Green Hindley South Howe Bridge Leigh Lower Ince Lowton Pennington Platt Bridge Red Rock Tyldesley Westleigh West Leigh and Bedford Whelley Wigan Central
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