Dukinfield and Ashton railway station

Dukinfield and Ashton
General information
LocationTameside
England
Coordinates53°28′57″N 2°05′37″W / 53.48260°N 2.09354°W / 53.48260; -2.09354
Grid referenceSJ938984
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 October 1893 (1893-10-02)Opened
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)Closed
30 January 1965Closed for freight

Dukinfield and Ashton railway station served Dukinfield in Greater Manchester, England.

The line through the station site opened in August 1893 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opened the Stalybridge junction line from a new junction just south of Dukinfield station on the Great Central Railway to Stalybridge, thereby providing its own route to Stalybridge from Denton Junction.[1][2]

The station was built at high level on a viaduct as it passed through Dukinfield. The station was opened on 2 October 1893.[3]

Access to the platforms was via an entrance in Cooper Street and ascending a staircase inside one of viaduct pillars.[citation needed]

The station was closed on 25 September 1950.[3]

The goods yard, called just Dukinfield, was to the south-west of the passenger station, it had a goods shed and a 10 ton crane, it closed on 30 January 1965.[4][5][6]

The line closed completely on 1 January 1968.[7]

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the railway and station (red line bottom centre)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hooley Hill   L&NWR
Stalybridge junction line
  Stalybridge
  1. ^ Brown 2021, pp. 109 & 150.
  2. ^ Reed 1996, p. 166.
  3. ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 171.
  4. ^ Cheshire III.9 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1898.
  5. ^ Brown 2021, p. 109.
  6. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 172.
  7. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 52 (ref 2365).