Dean Lane railway station explained

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]

Old line

The Oldham loop line, closed 3 October 2009. Stations, anticlockwise from Manchester:

Bibliography

53.5042°N -2.1842°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dean Lane. Disused Stations: Closed Stations in the UK. 2012-06-22. 18 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918005957/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/dean_lane/index.shtml. live.