Dukinfield Central railway station
Dukinfield Central Railway Station served the town of Dukinfield from 1845 until 1959.
Dukinfield Central | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Tameside England |
| Coordinates | 53.48146°N 2.09809°W |
| Grid reference | SJ935983 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 23 December 1845 | Opened as Dukinfield |
| March 1863 | Resited SW |
| 1954 | Renamed Dukinfield Central |
| 4 May 1959 | Closed |
The station was opened as Dukinfield on 23 December 1845 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway opened its branch from Guide Bridge to Stalybridge.[1][2]
First station
The station consisted of "a platform and open shed on the down side, and a bare narrow platform on the up, all of wooden construction, as were the steps by which they were approached. Nearby were half-a-dozen small cottages owned by the company, one of which, the residence of the clerk-in-charge, was used as a booking office and waiting room."[lower-alpha 1][4]
The platforms were lengthened in 1842 and gas lighting was installed in 1844.[5]
Second station
The station was rebuilt in 1863, the new station was closer to the canal, 117 yd (107 m) nearer to Guide Bridge.[4]
It was situated on Wharf Street between Station Street and the Peak Forest Canal, next to the Wharf Tavern.[6] The station building was two-storeys high with steps from the forecourt up to the first floor at platform level. [7]
By 1893 the station platforms had been extended over the canal so they were now twice the length of the original platforms.[8]
In 1954 the station was renamed to Dukinfield Central.[1]
The station closed to passengers on 4 May 1959.[1]
The station never had any goods facilities although there was a Dukinfield goods station, located on the London and North Western Railway just west of their Dukinfield and Ashton station.[9][10]
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Park Parade | Great Central Railway Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
Guide Bridge | ||
Notes
References
- Quick 2023, p. 171.
- Grant 2017, p. 499.
- Simmons 1997, p. 548.
- Dow 1959, p. 262.
- Dow 1959, p. 71.
- Ashton under Lyne and Stalybridge - Lancashire Sheet 7 (Map). 1:1056. Ordnance Survey. 1874 [1852].
- "Dukinfield Central station". Railway and Canal Historical Society.
- Ashton under Lyne and Stalybridge - Lancashire VIII (Map). 1:1056. Ordnance Survey. 1893.
- Brown 2021, p. 109.
- Clinker 1978, p. 41.
Bibliography
- Brown, Joe (2021). Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas. Manchester: Crécy Publishing. ISBN 9780860936879. OCLC 1112373294.
- Clinker, C. R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. OCLC 5726624.
- Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. London: Locomotive Publishing Company. OCLC 60021205.
- Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- Simmons, Jack (1997). "'up' and 'down'". In Simmons, Jack; Biddle, Gordon (eds.). The Oxford Companion to British Railway History From 1603 to the 1990s (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 548. ISBN 0-19-211697-5.