Knowles Level Crossing Halt | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Greenmount, Bury |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.6205°N -2.3373°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Original: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Events: | Station opened |
Events1: | Station closed |
Knowles Level Crossing Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line, from 1905 until 1918.
The line from Bury to had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally had three intermediate stations. A service of steam railmotors was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or halts, included one at Knowles Level Crossing, 3miles from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed on 1 April 1918.[1] [2] The halt was on the south side of Shepherd Street.
. John Marshall (railway historian) . The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2 . 1970 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-4906-6 . 67–68 .