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Glazebury and Bury Lane railway station

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Former railway station in England
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Glazebury and Bury Lane
General information
LocationCulcheth and Glazebury, Warrington
England
Coordinates53°28′04″N 2°29′39″W / 53.4677°N 2.4943°W / 53.4677; -2.4943
Grid referenceSJ674969
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLiverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 September 1830Station opened as Bury Lane
July 1878Station renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane
7 July 1958Station closed
Tyldesley Loopline
Legend
Up arrow
London & North Western Rly
to Liverpool Lime Street
UpperLeft arrow
West Coast Main Line
to Warrington Bank Quay
Newton-le-Willows
Lowton
Parkside LowerRight arrow
West Coast Main Line
to Wigan
Kenyon Junction
Glazebury and
Bury Lane
Pennington
Right arrow
to Wigan
via Plank Lane
Flow Moss LowerRight arrow
to Bolton
via Chequerbent
Bridgewater Canal
Astley Leigh
UpperRight arrow
to Wigan
via Hindley Green
Lamb's Cottage Tyldesley
Ellenbrook
Barton Moss Right arrow
to Bolton
via Walkden Low Level
Worsley
Patricroft Monton Green
Right arrow
to Bury
via Clifton Hall Tunnel
Eccles Junction
Eccles
Down arrow
London & North Western Rly
to Manchester Victoria

Glazebury and Bury Lane is a closed railway station between Liverpool and Manchester.

The station opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway as Bury Lane, being renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane in 1878. The station closed on 7 July 1958.

References

  1. Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 46.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 50.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 104.
  4. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45.
  5. Conolly 1998, p. 45.
  6. Butt 1995, pp. 50, 104.

Sources

External links


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kenyon Junction
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
  Flow Moss
Line open, station closed
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