Ashton Moss | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside England |
| Coordinates | 53°29′04″N 2°06′49″W / 53.48439°N 2.11367°W |
| Grid reference | SJ 925 986 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 August 1861 |
| Closed | 1 June 1862 |
| Original company | Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (OA&GB) |
| Pre-grouping | OA&GB |
| Post-grouping | OA&GB |
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Ashton Moss railway station was a short lived station on the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway (OA&GB) that served the town of Ashton-under-Lyne.
History
[edit]The station opened on 26 August 1861 when the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway[a] opened its line from Guide Bridge to Oldham Clegg Street. The station was located on Moss Lane, at the west end of the town. It had two services in each direction, one early morning, the other late evening. Only the early morning services were provided on Sundays.[2] The station closed on 1 June 1862.[3][4]
Whilst most of the former OA&GB line is closed the line through the station site is still in use for freight and occasional diversions from Denton, onto the former OA&GB line through where Ashton Moss had been then taking the south to west curve onto the former GCR line towards Manchester.[5]
On 14 April 2014, Ashton Moss North Junction signal box was closed for the last time.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guide Bridge | Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway Leased jointly by L&NW & GC |
Oldham Road |
Metrolink
[edit]The name Ashton Moss is now used by a tram stop in a different location on the East Manchester Line of the Manchester Metrolink to Ashton-under-Lyne. Ashton Moss tram stop opened in 2013.[5][6]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway: An Act for the Construction of Railways to supply direct Communication between Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Guide Bridge, and for the Accommodation of the Neighbourhood. Local Act, 20 & 21 Victoria I, c. cxxxvii". UK Parliamentary Archives. 1857. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Dow 1959, p. 286.
- ^ Quick 2022, p. 58.
- ^ "OA&GB Jct. [Ashton] - Ashton Moss South Jct. | Register of Closed Railways". 19 January 2024. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b Brown 2021, p. 109.
- ^ "Ashton Moss tram stop". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Brown, Joe (2021). Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas. Manchester: Crécy Publishing. ISBN 9780860936879. OCLC 1112373294.
- Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. London: Locomotive Publishing Company. OCLC 60021205.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
