Bolton Great Moor Street railway station

Bolton, Great Moor Street
Great Moor Street Station
General information
Location	Bolton, Bolton England
Coordinates	53°34′31″N 2°25′52″W / 53.5754°N 2.4310°W / 53.5754; -2.4310
Grid reference	SD716088
Platforms	4[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bolton and Leigh Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
11 June 1831	Opened as Bolton
October 1849	Renamed Bolton Great Moor Street
1 August 1871	Closed for rebuilding[3]
1 April 1875	Reopened
29 March 1954	Closed to regular passenger traffic
9 July 1958	Last holiday excursion departed

v t e LNWR lines to Bolton
Legend
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 Walkden High Level Atherton Bag Lane Walkden Low Level Hindley Green Howe Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly to Wigan North Western Plank Lane Tyldesley Loopline Atherleigh Tyldesley Westleigh Ellenbrook Leigh 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

Bolton Great Moor Street railway station was the first station in Bolton. It was opened on 11 June 1831 by the Bolton and Leigh Railway.

Originally named Bolton, it was renamed Bolton Great Moor Street in October 1849.^[4][5] The original street level station was replaced by a temporary station at Bolton Crook Street Goods Yard on 1 August 1871 while the new station was built in a classic Italian style. It opened either on 1 April 1875^[4] or on 28 September 1874 on the same site as the original station but at a higher level. The rebuilt station had four platforms covered by a roof.^[6] Its reconstruction coincided with the building of the direct line to Manchester Exchange via Walkden Low Level by the London and North Western Railway which opened on 1 April 1875.

Local trains to and from Kenyon Junction via Chequerbent used the station's western platforms 1 & 2 whilst trains to and from Manchester Exchange via Walkden used Platforms 3 & 4.^[7]

The station closed for regular passenger use by British Railways on 29 March 1954,^[4] although holiday^[8] and football specials ran until 1958^[9] and an unadvertised workmen's service to Monton Green continued for some months.^[10] An enthusiasts' special visited on 21 September 1963 and on 9 May 1964 another visited the adjacent Crook St goods yard, this was the last passenger train on LNWR lines in the Bolton area.^[11]

Tracks in the station were lifted in April 1964.^[12] The station was demolished in October 1966 and the area redeveloped.^[5]