Sunny Wood Halt | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Tottington, Bury |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.6104°N -2.3335°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Original: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Events: | Station opened |
Events1: | Station closed |
Sunny Wood Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line from 1905 until the line closed in 1952.
The line from Bury to had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally there were 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 Sunny Wood, 2miles from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed with the end of passenger services on the line on 5 May 1952.[1] [2]
. John Marshall (railway historian) . The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2 . 1970 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-4906-6 . 67–68 .