Audenshaw railway station (1883–1905)

Audenshaw
General information
Location	Tameside
Owned by	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 November 1853	Original Audenshaw station opens
1 November 1887	Station opens as Hooley Hill (Guide Bridge)
1 May 1905	Original Audenshaw station closes
2 June 1924	Station renamed Audenshaw
25 September 1950	Station closes

Audenshaw railway station served the Audenshaw area of Greater Manchester, then part of the county of Lancashire in England. The station was originally called Hooley Hill (Guide Bridge) as the original Audenshaw station opened by the London and North Western Railway closed in 1905.

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by British Railways in 1950.

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) ISBN 0-906899-99-0
• Station on navigable O. S. map minor station below Guide Bridge marked as Hooley Hill

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Denton		London Midland and Scottish Railway London and North Western Railway		Dukinfield and Ashton