Uppermill railway station

Upper Mill
General information
LocationUppermill, Oldham
England
Coordinates53°32′52″N 2°00′08″W / 53.54771°N 2.00223°W / 53.54771; -2.00223
Grid referenceSD999057
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1886Station opens
1 January 1917Station closes
15 June 1964closed for freight
Micklehurst Loop
Diggle
Butterhouse tunnel
Uppermill
Friezland
Royal George tunnel
Micklehurst
Staley and Millbrook
Stalybridge

Uppermill Railway Station served the village of Uppermill in Oldham. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on their Micklehurst Line from Stalybridge to Diggle and Huddersfield. It opened in 1886 and closed to passengers in 1917.[1] Regular passenger trains continued to pass through the station until 1964 and the line was closed completely in 1966.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Friezland   London and North Western Railway
Micklehurst Line
  Diggle
Line open, station closed
  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "Disused Stations: Uppermill Station". Retrieved 19 March 2016.