Agecroft Bridge | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Pendlebury, Salford |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.511°N -2.3°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Original: | Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Events: | Opened as Agecroft Bridge |
Years1: | 1838 |
Events1: | Renamed Agecroft; regular services ceased |
Years2: | October 1857 |
Events2: | Renamed Agecroft Bridge; regular services resumed |
Events3: | Station closed |
Agecroft Bridge railway station was on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway. It served the town of Pendlebury in Greater Manchester (then Lancashire) in England. It also served the former Manchester Racecourse and Agecroft area of the town.
The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway opened to the public on 29 May 1838, and Agecroft Bridge was one of two intermediate stations between and, the other being . Later that year, regular passenger services ceased, but the station remained open for meetings at Manchester Racecourse; it was renamed Agecroft at this time. Regular services resumed in October 1857, as did the original name. The station closed permanently in January 1861.[1] [2]
. John Marshall (railway historian) . The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1 . 1969 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-4352-1 . 31 .