Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway
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Manchester and Leeds Railway
The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting Manchester with Leeds via the North Midland Railway which it joined at Normanton....
in 1847.
History
The line was surveyed by Thomas Longridge GoochThomas Longridge Gooch
Thomas Longridge Gooch was civil engineer of the Manchester and Leeds Railway from 1831 to 1844.-Biography:...
in 1843 as part of his work for the Manchester and Leeds Railway
Manchester and Leeds Railway
The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting Manchester with Leeds via the North Midland Railway which it joined at Normanton....
(M&LR). The railway was to consist of a main line from on the M&LR to Stalybridge, with a branch to Ardwick.
The first section, from Miles Platting via Clayton Bridge
Clayton Bridge railway station
Clayton Bridge railway station, Manchester, was a railway station that served the locality between 1846 and 1968.-Construction, opening and ownership:The station was built by the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway and opened on 13 April 1846...
and stations to opened on 13 July 1846. On 5 October 1846, the line was connected to Stalybridge. The company was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...
on 9 July 1847. Finally on 1 August 1849 the line was connected to the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
(LNWR) at Stalybridge.
External links
- http://www.railwayancestors.fsnet.co.uk/research.html
- http://www.geocities.com/manchesterlines/LY6main.html