Oldham Glodwick Road railway station opened on 1 November 1862 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) revised the termination of the branch to Oldham from its main-line at Greenfield.
The branch, which had opened in 1856, originally terminated at Oldham Mumps (L&NWR), on 1 July 1862 the branch was extended to meet the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway (OA&GBR) at Oldham Clegg Street over jointly owned tracks.[1][2] Oldham Glodwick Road station opened on 1 November 1862 replacing Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) as their final station on the Oldham branch.[a][1]
Locationedit
A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Oldham Glodwick Road (upper centre)
The station was located where the branch line was crossed by Glodwick Road, to the east of the road bridge the line was in a cutting, which was covered over for some time, it was an open cutting by 1922.[4][5]
Descriptionedit
The passenger station had two through platforms on the outsides of the tracks and a bay platform on the south side for terminating (OA&GBR) trains, there was an additional goods bay line to the south of the passenger bay platform. The main platforms were linked by an enclosed footbridge.[3] There was an associated goods station with shed located to the southwest of the passenger station.[6] Between the goods yard and the passenger station they were able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock, the goods yard was equipped with a ten ton crane.[7]
Servicesedit
L&NWR Oldham branchedit
In 1866 Bradshaw's timetable showed only one entry and time for this station and Oldham Clegg Street, it is assumed that all trains ran to both stations, they were approximately half a mile apart. The 14 trains travelling along the L&NWR Oldham branch to and from Greenfield and Delph probably started at Oldham Clegg Street, on to Glodwick Road and then onwards, on their return they halted at Glodwick Road and then terminated at Clegg Street.[8]
By 1895 this pattern of service had been formalised in the timetable which now showed both Oldham stations, there were 16 services to Greenfield along the Oldham branch most weekdays, with 8 continuing to Delph.[9] In 1922 there were 39 services on the branch with 18 continuing to Delph.[10]
Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railwayedit
Early timetables do not show OA&GBR services as starting from Glodwick Road.[b] By 1895 Bradshaw shows 24 services on the OA&GBR of which 20 started or finished at Glodwick Road.[12] In 1922 there were 12 services on the OA&GBR of which 10 started or finished at Glodwick Road.[13]
London Midland & Scottish Railwayedit
By 1939 there had been some consolidation, weekdays had 14 OA&GBR line services with an additional six on Saturdays. The LMS had eleven services to and from Stockport with an additional three on Saturdays which terminated at Glodwick Road. On the branch to Greenfield there were more than 35 services each way on weekdays.[14]
Closureedit
The passenger station closed on 2 May 1955, when the Delph Donkey passenger train service to Delph via Greenfield was withdrawn.[1][15]
The Oldham branch from Greenfield remained open for goods traffic until 1964. The goods station and shed closed on 21 August 1967 having been served by lines from the south-west after the Oldham branch closed.[16]
Since closure the cutting, the station was sited in, has been infilled and landscaped.
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Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. London: Locomotive Publishing Company. OCLC 60021205.
Hooper, John (1991). An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways. Pinner, Middlesex: Irwell Press. ISBN9781871608199. OCLC 650187960. Most of the pages in this publication have no page numbers{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
LMS Railway (1939). London Midland & Scottish Passenger Railway Timetable- July 3rd to September 24th, inclusive, 1939. London: LMS.
Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways:North-West England. David & Charles. ISBN0-7153-8003-6.
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January 01, 1970
oldham, glodwick, road, railway, station, opened, november, 1862, when, london, north, western, railway, revised, termination, branch, oldham, from, main, line, greenfield, oldham, glodwick, roadgeneral, informationlocationmumps, oldhamenglandcoordinates53, 54. Oldham Glodwick Road railway station opened on 1 November 1862 when the London and North Western Railway L amp NWR revised the termination of the branch to Oldham from its main line at Greenfield Oldham Glodwick RoadGeneral informationLocationMumps OldhamEnglandCoordinates53 32 29 N 2 05 50 W 53 5413 N 2 0973 W 53 5413 2 0973Grid referenceSD936050Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 November 1862 1862 11 01 Station opened2 May 1955 1955 05 02 Station closed Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Description 4 Services 4 1 L amp NWR Oldham branch 4 2 Oldham Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway 4 3 London Midland amp Scottish Railway 5 Closure 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 Citations 6 3 BibliographyHistory editThe branch which had opened in 1856 originally terminated at Oldham Mumps L amp NWR on 1 July 1862 the branch was extended to meet the Oldham Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway OA amp GBR at Oldham Clegg Street over jointly owned tracks 1 2 Oldham Glodwick Road station opened on 1 November 1862 replacing Oldham Mumps L amp NWR as their final station on the Oldham branch a 1 Location edit nbsp A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Oldham Glodwick Road upper centre The station was located where the branch line was crossed by Glodwick Road to the east of the road bridge the line was in a cutting which was covered over for some time it was an open cutting by 1922 4 5 Description editThe passenger station had two through platforms on the outsides of the tracks and a bay platform on the south side for terminating OA amp GBR trains there was an additional goods bay line to the south of the passenger bay platform The main platforms were linked by an enclosed footbridge 3 There was an associated goods station with shed located to the southwest of the passenger station 6 Between the goods yard and the passenger station they were able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock the goods yard was equipped with a ten ton crane 7 Services editL amp NWR Oldham branch edit In 1866 Bradshaw s timetable showed only one entry and time for this station and Oldham Clegg Street it is assumed that all trains ran to both stations they were approximately half a mile apart The 14 trains travelling along the L amp NWR Oldham branch to and from Greenfield and Delph probably started at Oldham Clegg Street on to Glodwick Road and then onwards on their return they halted at Glodwick Road and then terminated at Clegg Street 8 By 1895 this pattern of service had been formalised in the timetable which now showed both Oldham stations there were 16 services to Greenfield along the Oldham branch most weekdays with 8 continuing to Delph 9 In 1922 there were 39 services on the branch with 18 continuing to Delph 10 Oldham Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway edit Early timetables do not show OA amp GBR services as starting from Glodwick Road b By 1895 Bradshaw shows 24 services on the OA amp GBR of which 20 started or finished at Glodwick Road 12 In 1922 there were 12 services on the OA amp GBR of which 10 started or finished at Glodwick Road 13 London Midland amp Scottish Railway edit By 1939 there had been some consolidation weekdays had 14 OA amp GBR line services with an additional six on Saturdays The LMS had eleven services to and from Stockport with an additional three on Saturdays which terminated at Glodwick Road On the branch to Greenfield there were more than 35 services each way on weekdays 14 Closure editThe passenger station closed on 2 May 1955 when the Delph Donkey passenger train service to Delph via Greenfield was withdrawn 1 15 The Oldham branch from Greenfield remained open for goods traffic until 1964 The goods station and shed closed on 21 August 1967 having been served by lines from the south west after the Oldham branch closed 16 Since closure the cutting the station was sited in has been infilled and landscaped Preceding station Disused railways Following station Oldham Clegg StreetLine and station closed London and North Western RailwayOldham branchDelph Donkey LeesLine and station closed vteOldham Lines Legend Past Present and Future nbsp Kirklees South Linesto Huddersfield Delph nbsp nbsp Diggle Measurements nbsp nbsp nbsp Dobcross nbsp nbsp nbsp Saddleworth nbsp nbsp nbsp Uppermill Moorgate Halt nbsp nbsp Friezland nbsp nbsp Tameside Linesto Tameside Rochdale Linesto Rochdale nbsp nbsp Greenfield Shaw and Crompton nbsp nbsp nbsp Tameside Linesto Tameside Royton nbsp nbsp nbsp Grasscroft Royton Junction nbsp nbsp nbsp Grotton and Springhead Derker nbsp nbsp Lees nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps L amp YR nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Mumps L amp NWR Oldham Mumps nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Central nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Central L amp YR Oldham King Street nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Clegg Street Westwood nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Werneth nbsp nbsp nbsp Tameside Linesto Ashton nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Chadderton nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Middleton Junction andOldham Branch Railway nbsp nbsp nbsp Freehold nbsp nbsp South Chadderton Rochdale Linesto Middleton and Rochdale nbsp nbsp nbsp Hollinwood Middleton Junction nbsp nbsp Failsworth Manchester Lines Northto Manchester nbsp nbsp Manchester Lines Northto Manchester vteDelph Donkey Legend Delph nbsp nbsp Measurements Halt nbsp nbsp nbsp Dobcross nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Huddersfield lineto Huddersfield nbsp nbsp nbsp Moorgate Halt nbsp Greenfield nbsp nbsp Grasscroft nbsp nbsp nbsp Huddersfield lineto Stalybridge Lydgate tunnel nbsp nbsp Grotton and Springhead nbsp Lees Oldham Loop Lineto Rochdale nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps L amp YR nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Mumps LNWR Metrolinkto Manchester Victoria nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Central nbsp nbsp Oldham Clegg Street nbsp nbsp nbsp LNWR Goods Depot nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp GC Goods Depot Oldham Werneth nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oldham Ashton amp Guide Bdgeto Ashton under Lyne Oldham Loop Lineto Manchester Victoria nbsp nbsp Scottfield GC Goods DepotReferences editNotes edit Hooper 1991 states the station was initially known as Glodwick Lane 3 Dow 1959 has the Bradshaw 1861 timetable which shows services starting from Clegg Street 11 Citations edit a b c Quick 2019 p 309 Reed 1996 p 91 a b Hooper 1991 Lancashire XCVII 6 Map 25 inch Ordnance Survey 1894 Lancashire XCVII 6 Map 25 inch Ordnance Survey 1922 Brown 2021 p 94 The Railway Clearing House 1970 p 413 Bradshaw 1866 pp 118 119 Bradshaw 2011 table 352 Bradshaw 1985 p 484 Dow 1959 p 286 Bradshaw 2011 table 461 Bradshaw 1985 p 723 LMS Railway 1939 tables 144 amp 150 Marshall 1981 p 56 Brown 2021 p Index Bibliography edit Bradshaw George 1866 Bradshaw s General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland Liverpool Bradshaw amp Blacklock Bradshaw George 2011 December 1895 Bradshaw s Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895 A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts Midhurst Middleton Press ISBN 978 1 908174 11 6 OCLC 832579861 Bradshaw George 1985 July 1922 Bradshaw s General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland A reprint of the July 1922 issue Newton Abbot David amp Charles ISBN 978 0 7153 8708 5 OCLC 12500436 Brown Joe 2021 Liverpool amp Manchester Railway Atlas Manchester Crecy Publishing ISBN 9780860936879 OCLC 1112373294 Dow George 1959 Great Central Volume One The Progenitors 1813 1863 London Locomotive Publishing Company OCLC 60021205 Hooper John 1991 An Illustrated History of Oldham s Railways Pinner Middlesex Irwell Press ISBN 9781871608199 OCLC 650187960 Most of the pages in this publication have no page numbers a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link LMS Railway 1939 London Midland amp Scottish Passenger Railway Timetable July 3rd to September 24th inclusive 1939 London LMS Marshall John 1981 Forgotten Railways North West England David amp Charles ISBN 0 7153 8003 6 Quick Michael 2022 2001 Railway passenger stations in Great Britain a chronology PDF version 5 04 Railway amp Canal Historical Society Archived from the original PDF on 25 November 2022 Reed Malcolm C 1996 The London amp North Western Railway A History Atlantic Transport ISBN 978 0 906899 66 3 The Railway Clearing House 1970 1904 The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 1970 D amp C Reprint ed Newton Abbot David amp Charles Reprints ISBN 0 7153 5120 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oldham Glodwick Road railway station amp oldid 1213580907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
