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Deansgate Goods Bolton Crook Street Goods Bolton Great Moor Street Original alignment shown in grey Rumworth and Daubhill Daubhill ( original and incline ) Plodder Lane Shed Plodder Lane Chequerbent Chequerbent ( original and incline ) Little Hulton Manchester–Southport line (LYR) to Wigan Wallgate Walkden High Level Atherton Bag Lane Walkden Low Level Hindley Green Howe Bridge Manchester & Wigan Rly to Wigan North Western Plank Lane Tyldesley Loopline Atherleigh Tyldesley Westleigh Ellenbrook Leigh Bolton and Leigh Railway Kenyon & Leigh Junction Rly Worsley Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridgewater Canal Monton Green Pennington junctions to Bury Pennington Eccles East Lancashire Road Liverpool–Manchester lines Kenyon Junction Bridgewater Canal Liverpool–Manchester lines Some stations omitted in dotted sections

Chequerbent railway station was a railway station in Westhoughton to the south-west of Bolton, Greater Manchester, on the line between Bolton and Leigh. It was open from 1831 until its replacement in 1885 by a later station.

History

The Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&LR) opened for goods traffic in 1828, followed by passenger services in 1831.

The railway was built as a single track line and the route included two inclines which were worked using ropes hauled by stationary engines, locomotive haulage being used on the flatter sections of the line. One of these inclines was situated north of Atherton Bag Lane railway station with the line climbing up through Chequerbent before dropping towards Bolton. This incline was operated by a 50 horsepower (37,285 W) stationary steam engine.

The station at Chequerbent opened on 11 June 1831. The station was sited south of the Turnpike road (now the A6) near to the engine winding house. The station site was not marked on contemporary maps but the engine house is clearly marked on the OS six-inch map surveyed in 1845. The station has been described as a convenient "halt" for the Hulton Family, as William Hulton was an early promoter and supporter of the railway.

To avoid these inclines, and allow steam locomotives to haul trains for the entire journey, the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), successor to the B&LR, built deviations over easier gradients. This required the resiting of several stations, including Chequerbent.

The station closed on 2 February 1885 and was replaced by a new Chequerbent only a short distance away on the same day.

References

1. ^ Shaw, William Stuart (1983). "A Concise History of the Bolton & Leigh Railway". Wigan: Wigan MBC Leisure Department. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
2. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 62. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
3. ^ Sweeney, D. J. (1996). A Lancashire Triangle Part One. Triangle Publishing. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-0-9529333-0-4.
4. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
5. "Map of area of original Chequerbent station on a 1845 Lancashire XCIV OS six-inch published in 1849". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

External links

• Site of Chequerbent Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
• Chequerbent Station at Disused Stations Site Record

v t e Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, England
Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill Eagley Mills Farnworth Town Hall 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Horwich Works Little Bolton Town Hall Kearsley Mill Lostock Hall Gatehouse Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe
Places of worship	All Souls Holy Trinity Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's St James' St John the Evangelist's St Mary the Virgin's St Margaret's St Matthew's St Maxentius' St Patrick's St Peter's St Saviour's St Stephen and All Martyrs' St Thomas' Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Education	Bolton College Bolton Muslim Girls' School Bolton St Catherine's Academy Bolton School Bolton Sixth Form College Bolton TIC Canon Slade School Darul Uloom Bolton Essa Academy Harper Green School Kearsley Academy Ladybridge High School Little Lever School Mount St Joseph School Rivington and Blackrod High School St James's Church of England High School St Joseph's RC High School Sharples School Smithills School Thornleigh Salesian College Turton School University Collegiate School University of Bolton Westhoughton High School
Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Blackrod railway station Daisy Hill railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Westhoughton railway station
Shopping complexes	Bolton Market Hall Middlebrook
Sport and entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Octagon Theatre Toughsheet Community Stadium
Bridges	Prestolee Aqueduct Ringley Old Bridge
Others	Barrow Bridge Queen's Park Royal Bolton Hospital
Demolished	Bolton Royal Infirmary Burnden Park Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Daubhill railway station Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Lostock Junction Mills Westhoughton Mill
Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton
Listed buildings in	Blackrod Bolton Farnworth Horwich Kearsley Little Lever South Turton Westhoughton

• Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
• Former London and North Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1831
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1885
• Demolished buildings and structures in Greater Manchester