Broadley railway station

Broadley
The site of the station in May 2008
General information
Location	Broadley, Rochdale England
Coordinates	53°38′34″N 2°11′02″W / 53.64275°N 2.18383°W / 53.64275; -2.18383
Grid reference	SD879163
Platforms	1
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
1 November 1870 (1870-11-01)	Opened
16 June 1947 (1947-06-16)	Closed to passengers
12 August 1963	Closed for goods

Broadley railway station served Broadley in Rochdale, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.

The station was opened on 1 November 1870 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened the Rochdale to Facit section of its line to Bacup.^[1]

It was situated on the western side of the railway where it was crossed by Station Road, to the west of Broadley village.^[2]

The station had one platform on the western side of the line accessed by a footbridge adjacent to the road overbridge. There were two wooden buildings on the platform with a signal box between them.^[2][3]

There was a passing loop at the station and a two siding goods yard on the opposite side of the line accessed from Station Road, it was equipped with a five ton crane.^[4]

By 1929 the station buildings had been replaced with the new hip-roofed wooden building relocated further north along the platform. The signal box had also been replaced with the new box still further north of the station building.^[3][5][6]

The station closed to passengers on 16 June 1947, initially as a temporary measure due to a fuel crisis, but the station never re-opened and the closure was confirmed as permanent in 1949.^[7] The station closed to goods traffic on 12 August 1963 when the line was closed.^[8]