Dean Lane | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Newton Heath, Manchester |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Postgroup: | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 17 May 1880 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 3 October 2009 |
Events1: | Closed for Metrolink conversion |
Years2: | 13 June 2012 |
Events2: | Re-opened as Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880[1] and served Newton Heath, Manchester, England. The station was on the Oldham Loop Line NaNmiles north east of Manchester Victoria and was operated and managed by Northern Rail. There were once three stations in Newton Heath:, Dean Lane and . The station was 200yd away from Newton Heath TMD.
The station closed for conversion to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and re-opened as Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink on 13 June 2012, using only the former Manchester-bound platform. The track has been singled through the station, allowing Network Rail to use the other line to access the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal facility.[1]
The Oldham loop line, closed 3 October 2009. Stations, anticlockwise from Manchester: