Sunny Wood Halt railway station

Sunny Wood Halt
General information
Location	Tottington, Bury England
Coordinates	53.61042°N 2.33351°W / 53.61042; -2.33351
Grid reference	SD780127
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
3 July 1905 (1905-07-03)	Station opened
5 May 1952 (1952-05-05)	Station closed

Sunny Wood Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line from 1905 until the line closed in 1952.

History

The line from Bury to Holcombe Brook had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally there were three intermediate stations. A service of steam railmotors was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or halts, included one at Sunny Wood, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed with the end of passenger services on the line on 5 May 1952.

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

External links

• Sunny Wood Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Lines around Bury
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Rochdale Lines Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Tottington		L&YR Bury to Holcombe Brook Line		Woolfold