Park Bridge railway station

Park Bridge
General information
LocationTameside, Greater Manchester
England
Coordinates53°31′00″N 2°05′34″W / 53.5166°N 2.0929°W / 53.5166; -2.0929
Grid referenceSD 939 022
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyOldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (OA&GB)
Pre-groupingOA&GB
Post-groupingOA&GB
Key dates
26 August 1861 (1861-08-26)Station opened
by 1925Goods yard closed
4 May 1959 (1959-05-04)Station closed to passengers
1912 map of railway lines in the area

Park Bridge railway station was a stop on the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (OA&GB) that served the village of Park Bridge in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It was located in the Medlock Valley near Ashton-under-Lyne's border with Oldham. It was sometimes known as Parkbridge; one photograph of the station shows the station name board with the name as one word and immediately adjacent the signal box with it shown as two.[1]

  1. ^ Hooper 1991, p. 39.