Glazebury and Bury Lane railway station

Former railway station in England

53°28′04″N 2°29′39″W / 53.4677°N 2.4943°W / 53.4677; -2.4943Grid referenceSJ674969Platforms2[1]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLiverpool and Manchester RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates15 September 1830Station opened as Bury Lane[2]July 1878Station renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane[3]7 July 1958Station closed[3]
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Tyldesley Loopline
Legend
Newton-le-Willows
Lowton
Parkside
Kenyon Junction
Glazebury and
Bury Lane
Pennington
Right arrow
to Wigan
via Plank Lane
Flow Moss
LowerRight arrow
to Bolton
via Chequerbent
Bridgewater Canal
Astley
Leigh
UpperRight arrow
to Wigan
via Hindley Green
Lamb's Cottage
Tyldesley
Ellenbrook
Barton Moss
Right arrow
to Bolton
via Walkden Low Level
 Worsley
Patricroft
Monton Green
Right arrow
to Bury
via Clifton Hall Tunnel
Eccles Junction
Eccles

Glazebury and Bury Lane is a closed railway station between Liverpool and Manchester.[4][5]

The station opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway as Bury Lane, being renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane in 1878.[6] The station closed on 7 July 1958.

References

  1. ^ Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 46.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 50.
  3. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 104.
  4. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45.
  5. ^ Conolly 1998, p. 45.
  6. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 50, 104.

Sources

  • 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980), Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, ISBN 978-0-900857-19-5
  • Conolly, W. Philip (1998). British railways pre-grouping atlas and gazetteer (9th impression; 5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 221481275.
  • Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6

External links

  • The station's history Disused Stations UK
  • The station and line on overlain maps Rail Maps Online
  • The station on an 1849 OS map National Library of Scotland
  • The station on overlain old OS maps National Library of Scotland
  • The station on a 1948 OS Map npe maps
  • The line and mileages railwaycodes


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kenyon Junction
Line open, station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway 		  Flow Moss
Line open, station closed