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Platt Bridge railway station

Coordinates: 53°31′24″N 2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977
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Platt Bridge
General information
LocationPlatt Bridge, Wigan
England
Coordinates53°31′24″N 2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977
Grid referenceSD605031
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1864Station opened
1 May 1961Station closed[1]
Lines around Wigan in 1907

Platt Bridge railway station is a closed railway station in the Platt Bridge area of Wigan, England, where the line bridged Liverpool Road (the A58).

Platt Bridge was in the historic county of Lancashire.

History

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The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 September 1864, in common with other stations on the Manchester to Wigan Line.

The station joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping in 1923 and passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station closed on 1 May 1961.[1]

Coal deposits were the chief motivation for building a railway in the area and the railway's supporters included many local colliery owners and industrialists.[2]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 186.
  2. ^ Sweeney 1996, p. 71

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Sweeney, D. J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wigan North Western   LNWR
Manchester to Wigan Line
  Hindley Green