Ashton Park Parade railway station
Ashton Park Parade | |
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Site of the station (1996)
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Location | |
Place | Ashton-under-Lyne |
Area | Tameside |
Operations | |
Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
23 December 1845 | Station opened as Ashton |
30 July 1862 | Renamed Ashton Park Parade |
5 November 1956 | Station closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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UK Railways portal |
Ashton Park Parade railway station was a station on the line between Guide Bridge and Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, England. This station served the town of Ashton-under-Lyne, now served only by Ashton Charlestown, north of this former station.
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Location
Ashton Park Parade station was located on the site of what is now Ashton's Park Parade Bypass. The station had two platforms, with the main station buildings on the down platform. There was a signal box just to the east of the station.[1] The main access to the station was from Warrington Street, which, before the construction of the bypass, extended to the station.[2]
History
Opened by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, as part of the Great Central Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.
Present day
No remains of the former station are evident, however the railway line is still open; First TransPennine Express services between Liverpool/Manchester and the North East still run through the site of the old station, as does the once-weekly parliamentary service on the Stockport to Stalybridge Line. The only clue of its existence is "The Station Hotel", a pub on Warrington Street, near the former station.
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Stalybridge | Great Central Railway Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
Dukinfield Central |
References
- ↑ http://buffetbar.i8.com/photo5.html - A selection of photographs, some showing Park Parade Station's appearance.
- ↑ http://ashton-under-lyne.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-station.html - A blog article on the Station Inn.
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