Knowles Level Crossing Halt railway station

53°37′14″N 2°20′14″W / 53.62048°N 2.33734°W / 53.62048; -2.33734Grid referenceSD778138Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayKey dates3 July 1905 (1905-07-03)Station opened1 April 1918 (1918-04-01)Station closed

Knowles Level Crossing Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line, from 1905 until 1918.

History

The line from Bury to Holcombe Brook had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally had three intermediate stations. A service of steam railmotors was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or halts, included one at Knowles Level Crossing, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed on 1 April 1918.^[1][2] The halt was on the south side of Shepherd Street.

References

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

External links

• Site of Knowles Level Crossing Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. 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
Greenmount		L&YR Bury to Holcombe Brook Line		Tottington