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Original at Oldham Central copied on 10 Jun wait for new book
Nempnet/sandbox/stn | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | England |
| Grid reference | SD928046 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1847 | Opened |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed |
Oldham Central railway station was opened on 1 November 1847 as part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's extension of it's Oldham branch line. It was eventually one of six stations in the town of Oldham and was adjacent to Clegg Street railway station.
Although Central was conveniently located close to the town centre it was selected for closure, shutting on 18 April 1966.[1]
The name of the station survives in the Oldham Central tram stop, which opened on 27 January 2014 and is located on Union Street.[2]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham Werneth | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Oldham Loop Line |
Oldham Mumps | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Quick 2023, p. 350.
- ^ Williams, Tony (30 June 2016). "Metrolink Introduction: Manchester to Oldham and Rochdale". Light Rail Transit Association. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
Bibliography[edit]
- Hooper, John (1991). An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways. Pinner, Middlesex: Irwell Press. ISBN 9781871608199. OCLC 650187960. Most of the pages in this publication have no page numbers
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[1] - Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- Wells, Jeffrey (2002). The Oldham Loop part one: Manchester Victoria to Shaw & Crompton via Hillinwood, Oldham and Royton Junction. Scenes from the Past. Vol. 42 (part one). Stockport: Foxline. ISBN 978-1-870119-68-9.[2]
Middleton Junction to to Oldham Mumps
and virtually no trace of it now remains
Lancashire XCVII.10 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1894.
Oldham - Lancashire XCVII.10.3 (Map). 1:500. Ordnance Survey. 1892.
Lancashire Sheet XCVII (Map). six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1882. Map survey was completed in 1845 and amendments were made to the Ashton area in 1863.{{cite map}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Quick O CENTRAL [LY] First station of this name opened with line to Mumps, 1 November 1847. Inspection report, 16 October (MT6/4/71) says Mumps was the only station and no tt seen included it until it appeared in Brad July 1861; however, LY and some local historians say it opened with the line and Manch 3rd refers to the ‘dissatisfaction ... at the amount of the advance which has taken place in the fares from all the three stations at Oldham’ and local expectation that fares would be kept the same for ‘the old station’ [compiler’s emphasis], though there is no direct reference to a CENTRAL station. Manch, of 23 October 1847, says that Town Station would be of a temporary character and would be improved later; said was situate at the bottom of Clegg Street, then under construction and, until that completed, road to station would be along front of gas works and through Greaves Street’.
It was not on LY Distance Diagram 1851, nor in LY co tt January 1854, RAIL 942/2 (which gives just Werneth and Oldham), nor on Macaulay’s maps prior to 1861. Furthermore a duplicated booklet, The First Railway to Oldham, produced by T. A. Fletcher in 1972 makes no reference to Central; the 6 inch OS Map of the area, dated 1863, does not include the station and shows that the area around Clegg Street was still undeveloped (a station there would have been no nearer to the Market Place than Mumps). Thus the probability is that this was something of an experiment, perhaps resulting from threat of a competing line (The Oldham Alliance) which did not then materialise, attracted little custom and was soon closed. Manch 15 January 1848 contains report of the prosecution of man for an incident between Werneth and Mumps stations on 11 January; does this mean Central now closed – or not significant enough for mention?
Second station op 1 July 1861 (co n Oldham Chronicle 29 June). LY says first station, just beyond tunnel from Werneth, was replaced by one at junction with OAGB (Junction Diagrams show station just west of junction, handy for passenger exchange with Clegg Street); architect for this announced 23 March 1864, final cost published 15 August 1866. Clearly there was a link between its opening and coming of Clegg Street. N. Fraser in Rly Obs June 1963 says aim was to prevent OAGB from extending further into Oldham as they first intended. This would suggest that ‘first’ was really the second and it was probably a temporary, replaced 1864/6 by one at / near site of first. (Oldham press information from E. Bredee, general local information A. Brackenbury.) Clo 18 April 1966 (RM June). Also see The Oldham Loop, Part I, (J. Wells, Foxline, 2002).
A factor in its closure may have been its relative closeness to the Werneth and Mumps stations.[3]