| Bradley Fold | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Bradley Fold, Bury |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.5714°N -2.3672°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Original: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Years1: | January 1849 |
| Events1: | Opened as Bradley Fold |
| Years2: | April 1921 |
| Events2: | Renamed Bradley Fold for Little Lever |
| Years3: | 5 October 1970 |
| Events3: | Closed |
Bradley Fold railway station served Bradley Fold and Little Lever from 1849 to 1970 on the now closed line between Bury and Bolton.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened it's line through the station site on 20 November 1848 but the station, in common with others on the line did not open then, it was shown in the December 1848 timetable but with no trains stopping there, the first trains to stop did so from January 1849.
The station was located where Bradley lane crossed the railway via a level crossing, the station building was to the north of the line and east of the road. By 1850 a siding was provided to the south of the station to access Tonge Lane Colliery, the siding had access to the line in both directions using a 'Y' junction, there was no map evidence of other facilities.[1]
In 1870 a correspondent writing to the Bolton Chronicle described the station's facilities as
The station became a junction when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened its Prestwich branch line from a junction to the east of the station to Radcliffe South Junction (just south of) on 1 December 1879.
By 1894 the station was listed as having passenger and goods facilities including a 5 ton crane, the Ordnance Survey map showing one siding to the south of the line.[2] By 1910 the siding to the colliery had closed, there were several more siding shown to the south of the line. The road still crossed the railway via a level crossing but a footbridge had been provided adjacent to the road.[3]
The station was renamed Bradley Fold for Little Lever in April 1921.
The station closed to goods traffic on 1 August 1963 and completely on 5 October 1970.