Dukinfield and Ashton | |
Status: | Disused |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.4826°N -2.0935°W |
Platforms: | 2 |
Pregroup: | London and North Western Railway |
Events: | Opened |
Events1: | Closed |
Years2: | 30 January 1965 |
Events2: | Closed for freight |
Dukinfield and Ashton railway station served Dukinfield in Greater Manchester, England.
The line through the station site opened in August 1893 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opened the Stalybridge junction line from a new junction just south of station on the Great Central Railway to, thereby providing its own route to Stalybridge from Denton Junction.
The station was built at high level on a viaduct as it passed through Dukinfield. The station was opened on 2 October 1893.
Access to the platforms was via an entrance in Cooper Street and ascending a staircase inside one of viaduct pillars.
The station was closed on 25 September 1950.
The goods yard, called just Dukinfield, was to the south-west of the passenger station, it had a goods shed and a 10 ton crane, it closed on 30 January 1965.[1]
The line closed completely on 1 January 1968.