Woodhill Road Halt | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Woodhill, Bury |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.6014°N -2.3061°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Original: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Events: | Station opened |
Years1: | 1 April 1918 |
Events1: | Station closed |
Years2: | 2 April 1934 |
Events2: | Station reopened |
Events3: | Station closed |
Woodhill Road Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook Line from 1905 until 1918 and from 1934 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 Woodhill Road, NaNmiles from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905, but closed on 1 April 1918. It was reopened on 2 April 1934, and closed permanently with the end of passenger services on the line on 5 May 1952.[1] [2]