Platt Bridge railway station

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
Location
Place	Platt Bridge
Area	Wigan
Coordinates	53.5232°N 2.5977°W / 53.5232; -2.5977
Grid reference	SD605031
Operations
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 September 1864	Station opened
1 May 1961	Station closed[1]
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

Lines around Wigan in 1907

Manchester to Wigan Line
West Coast Main Line to Preston Wigan North Western to Liverpool Lime Street via St Helens to Standish via Whelley Loop West Coast Main Line Platt Bridge to Warrington Bank Quay   to Wigan Central and Whelley Loop Bickershaw & Abram to Glazebrook via Lowton St Mary's Plank Lane   to Kenyon Junction Hindley Green via Pennington   Atherleigh to Kenyon Junction via Pennington to Bolton Great Moor Street via Chequerbent Leigh Howe Bridge Tyldesley Junction Tyldesley Ellenbrook to Bolton Great Moor Street via Walkden Low Level to Kenyon Junction via Chat Moss Worsley Patricroft Monton Green to Clifton Junction Eccles Junction Eccles to Manchester Exchange or Manchester Victoria

Platt Bridge was in the historic county of Lancashire.

History

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

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 186.
2. Sweeney 1996, p. 71

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Sweeney, D. J. (1996), A Lancashire Triangle Part One, Triangle Publishing, ISBN 0-9529333-0-6

External links

• The station on a 1948 OS map via npe maps
• Line and mileages via Railwaycodes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wigan North Western		LNWR Manchester to Wigan Line		Hindley Green