Audenshaw railway station

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.

Audenshaw
Location
Place	Guide Bridge
Area	Tameside
Operations
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
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
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

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.

The site today

References

• R.V.J.Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. 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