Woodhill Road Halt railway station

Woodhill Road Halt
General information
Location	Woodhill, Bury England
Coordinates	53.60137°N 2.30612°W / 53.60137; -2.30612
Grid reference	SD798117
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 July 1905 (1905-07-03)	Station opened
1 April 1918	Station closed
2 April 1934	Station reopened
5 May 1952 (1952-05-05)	Station closed

Woodhill Road Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook Line from 1905 until 1918 and from 1934 until the line closed in 1952.

History

The line from Bury to Holcombe Brook had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally there were three intermediate stations. A service of steam railmotors was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or halts, included one at Woodhill Road, 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905, but closed on 1 April 1918. It was reopened on 2 April 1934, and closed permanently with the end of passenger services on the line on 5 May 1952.

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

External links

• Woodhill Road Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Lines around Bury
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Rochdale Lines Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Brandlesholme Road Halt		L&YR Bury to Holcombe Brook Line		Bury Bolton Street