Holcombe Brook railway station

53°37′55″N 2°20′08″W / 53.63185°N 2.33561°W / 53.63185; -2.33561Grid referenceSD779151Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBury and Tottington District RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates6 November 1882 (1882-11-06)Station opened5 May 1952 (1952-05-05)Station closed

Holcombe Brook railway station was the terminus of the Bury to Holcombe Brook Line in England and served the village of Holcombe Brook in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.

History

The Bury and Tottington District Railway opened on 6 November 1882. The northern terminus of the line was at Holcombe Brook, 3+3⁄4 miles (6.0 km) from Bury.^[1]

The station closed when passenger services were withdrawn from the line on 5 May 1952; goods trains continued to serve Holcombe Brook until 2 May 1960.^[2][3] The station was demolished and the site is now occupied by a shopping development.

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

External links

• Holcombe Brook station on a 1948 OS Map

v t e Lines around Bury
Legend
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Rochdale Lines Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		L&YR Bury to Holcombe Brook Line		Greenmount