Oldham Glodwick Road railway station

Former railway station in England

53°32′29″N 2°05′50″W / 53.5413°N 2.0973°W / 53.5413; -2.0973Grid referenceSD936050Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 November 1862 (1862-11-01)Station opened2 May 1955 (1955-05-02)Station closed

Oldham Glodwick Road railway station opened on 1 November 1862 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) revised the termination of the branch to Oldham from its main-line at Greenfield.

History

The branch, which had opened in 1856, originally terminated at Oldham Mumps (L&NWR), on 1 July 1862 the branch was extended to meet the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway (OA&GBR) at Oldham Clegg Street over jointly owned tracks.[1][2] Oldham Glodwick Road station opened on 1 November 1862 replacing Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) as their final station on the Oldham branch.[a][1]

Location

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Oldham Glodwick Road (upper centre)

The station was located where the branch line was crossed by Glodwick Road, to the east of the road bridge the line was in a cutting, which was covered over for some time, it was an open cutting by 1922.[4][5]

Description

The passenger station had two through platforms on the outsides of the tracks and a bay platform on the south side for terminating (OA&GBR) trains, there was an additional goods bay line to the south of the passenger bay platform. The main platforms were linked by an enclosed footbridge.[3] There was an associated goods station with shed located to the southwest of the passenger station.[6] Between the goods yard and the passenger station they were able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock, the goods yard was equipped with a ten ton crane.[7]

Services

L&NWR Oldham branch

In 1866 Bradshaw's timetable showed only one entry and time for this station and Oldham Clegg Street, it is assumed that all trains ran to both stations, they were approximately half a mile apart. The 14 trains travelling along the L&NWR Oldham branch to and from Greenfield and Delph probably started at Oldham Clegg Street, on to Glodwick Road and then onwards, on their return they halted at Glodwick Road and then terminated at Clegg Street.[8]

By 1895 this pattern of service had been formalised in the timetable which now showed both Oldham stations, there were 16 services to Greenfield along the Oldham branch most weekdays, with 8 continuing to Delph.[9] In 1922 there were 39 services on the branch with 18 continuing to Delph.[10]

Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway

Early timetables do not show OA&GBR services as starting from Glodwick Road.[b] By 1895 Bradshaw shows 24 services on the OA&GBR of which 20 started or finished at Glodwick Road.[12] In 1922 there were 12 services on the OA&GBR of which 10 started or finished at Glodwick Road.[13]

London Midland & Scottish Railway

By 1939 there had been some consolidation, weekdays had 14 OA&GBR line services with an additional six on Saturdays. The LMS had eleven services to and from Stockport with an additional three on Saturdays which terminated at Glodwick Road. On the branch to Greenfield there were more than 35 services each way on weekdays.[14]

Closure

The passenger station closed on 2 May 1955, when the Delph Donkey passenger train service to Delph via Greenfield was withdrawn.[1][15]

The Oldham branch from Greenfield remained open for goods traffic until 1964. The goods station and shed closed on 21 August 1967 having been served by lines from the south-west after the Oldham branch closed.[16]

Since closure the cutting, the station was sited in, has been infilled and landscaped.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Oldham Clegg Street
Line and station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Oldham branch
Delph Donkey 		  Lees
Line and station closed
  • v
  • t
  • e
Oldham Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future
Kirklees South Lines
to Huddersfield
Delph
Diggle
Measurements
Dobcross
Saddleworth
Uppermill
Moorgate Halt
Friezland
Tameside Lines
to Tameside
Rochdale Lines
to Rochdale
Greenfield
Shaw and Crompton
Tameside Lines
to Tameside
Royton
Grasscroft
Royton Junction
Grotton and Springhead
Derker
Lees
Oldham Glodwick Road
Oldham Mumps (L&YR)
Oldham Mumps (L&NWR)
Oldham Mumps
Oldham Central
Oldham Central
Oldham King Street
Oldham Clegg Street
Westwood
Oldham Werneth
Tameside Lines
to Ashton
Chadderton
Middleton Junction and
Oldham Branch Railway
Freehold
South Chadderton
Rochdale Lines
to Middleton and Rochdale
Hollinwood
Middleton Junction
Failsworth
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester
  • v
  • t
  • e
Delph Donkey
Legend
Delph
Measurements Halt
Dobcross
Moorgate Halt
Greenfield
Grasscroft
Lydgate tunnel
Grotton and Springhead
Lees
Oldham Glodwick Road
Oldham Mumps L&YR
Oldham Mumps LNWR
Oldham Central
Oldham Clegg Street
LNWR Goods Depot
GC Goods Depot
Oldham Werneth
  • v
  • t
  • e
Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester
Bolton
Bury
Manchester
(city centre in italics)
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan

References

Notes

  1. ^ Hooper (1991) states the station was initially known as Glodwick Lane.[3]
  2. ^ Dow (1959) has the Bradshaw 1861 timetable which shows services starting from Clegg Street.[11]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Quick 2019, p. 309.
  2. ^ Reed 1996, p. 91.
  3. ^ a b Hooper 1991.
  4. ^ Lancashire XCVII.6 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
  5. ^ Lancashire XCVII.6 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1922.
  6. ^ Brown 2021, p. 94.
  7. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 413.
  8. ^ Bradshaw 1866, pp. 118–119.
  9. ^ Bradshaw 2011, table 352.
  10. ^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 484.
  11. ^ Dow 1959, p. 286.
  12. ^ Bradshaw 2011, table 461.
  13. ^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 723.
  14. ^ LMS Railway 1939, tables 144 & 150.
  15. ^ Marshall 1981, p. 56.
  16. ^ Brown 2021, p. Index.

Bibliography

  • Bradshaw, George (1866). Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, for Great Britain and Ireland. Liverpool: Bradshaw & Blacklock.
  • Bradshaw, George (2011) [December 1895]. Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895: A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6. OCLC 832579861.
  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
  • Brown, Joe (2021). Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas. Manchester: Crécy Publishing. ISBN 9780860936879. OCLC 1112373294.
  • Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. London: Locomotive Publishing Company. OCLC 60021205.
  • Hooper, John (1991). An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways. Pinner, Middlesex: Irwell Press. ISBN 9781871608199. OCLC 650187960. Most of the pages in this publication have no page numbers{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • LMS Railway (1939). London Midland & Scottish Passenger Railway Timetable- July 3rd to September 24th, inclusive, 1939. London: LMS.
  • Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways:North-West England. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8003-6.
  • Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  • Reed, Malcolm C. (1996). The London & North Western Railway: A History. Atlantic Transport. ISBN 978-0-906899-66-3.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.