Rumworth and Daubhill railway station

Rumworth and Daubhill
General information
Location	Bolton
Coordinates	53.5619°N 2.4540°W / 53.5619; -2.4540
Platforms	2
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	LNWR
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 February 1885	Station opened as "Daubhill"
28 April 1885	Renamed "Rumworth and Daubhill"
3 March 1952	Closed to passengers
29 March 1965	Closed completely

LNWR lines to Bolton
Deansgate Goods Bolton Crook Street Goods Bolton Great Moor Street Original alignment shown in grey Rumworth and Daubhill Daubhill ( original and incline ) Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent ( original and incline ) Little Hulton Manchester–Southport line (LYR) to Wigan Wallgate Walkden High Level Atherton Bag Lane Walkden Low Level Hindley Green Howe Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly to Wigan North Western Plank Lane Tyldesley Loopline Atherleigh Tyldesley Westleigh Ellenbrook Leigh Bolton and Leigh Railway Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly Worsley Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridgewater Canal Monton Green Pennington junctions to Bury Pennington Eccles East Lancashire Road Liverpool–Manchester lines Kenyon Junction Bridgewater Canal Liverpool–Manchester lines Some stations omitted in dotted sections

Rumworth and Daubhill railway station was built by the London and North Western Railway to replace the original Daubhill station built by the Bolton and Leigh Railway. Both served the Daubhill (locally pronounced "Dobhill") area of south west Bolton.

The original line from Bolton through Daubhill to Kenyon Junction included two rope-hailed inclines, one at Chequerbent and the other at Daubhill. Although improvements in locomotive design meant these became redundant by the 1850s, the line was also largely single track. The LNWR decided to improve the line by addressing both issues: it doubled the route throughout and built new, less steeply graded lines bypassing the Chequerbent and Daubhill banks.

The new bypass sections were opened in 1885. The original Chequerbent station was closed and a new one opened on a nearby site on the new line and. likewise, the original Daubhill station was closed and a new one - initially also named "Daubhill" - was opened on a nearby site on its new line. The new Daubhill station was renamed "Rumworth and Daubhill" within weeks of opening and kept this name until closure.

The station had two platforms with the station building above, on the north side of St Helens Road, Bolton.

Rumworth and Daubhill closed to passengers on 3 March 1952, although local services continued to pass through until all regular passenger services from Bolton Great Moor St were withdrawn on 27 March 1954.

After closure the station was demolished and the cutting in which the station was located has been infilled leaving no trace of the station or railways existence.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bolton Great Moor Street Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway		Chequerbent Line and station closed

References

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.
• Holland, Bert (2001). Plodder Lane for Farnworth. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9529333-6-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Further reading

• Sweeney, Dennis J. (1996). A Lancashire Triangle Part One. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9529333-0-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• The station via Disused Stations UK
• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• The station on an 1889–91 series OS map via National Library of Scotland
• The station on an 1892 series OS map overlay via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line via Rail Map Online
• The station and line via railwaycodes
• A history of the area including the railway via webeden