Broadbottom railway station
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Broadbottom railway station serves the village of Broadbottom
in Greater Manchester
, England
. It is on the Manchester-Glossop Line, 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Manchester Piccadilly
. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
in 1842. It was renamed "Mottram" in 1845, but has since reverted to its original name.
East of the station is the Etherow Viaduct that crosses 120 feet (36 m) over the River Etherow
. The official length of the viaduct is 422 feet 6 inches (127 metres 76 centimetres) long.
/Hadfield
. Trains operate hourly evenings and Sundays in each direction.
Modern officials were, seemingly, not happy with such duplicity and the station reverted to its original title from 1st January 1954. Something of the former legend, though, was applied with the suffix "for Mottram and Charlesworth" remaining in use until comparatively recently.
Goods facilities here ceased on 15th July 1963 and the station remains open today. Catering for never more than local traffic the station did have a moment of glory in the 1920s when, for a short period, the morning restaurant car express from Manchester to Marylebone called here.
Broadbottom
Broadbottom is a suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It lies within the ancient county boundaries of Cheshire, by the River Etherow, on Greater Manchester's border with Derbyshire.-Description:...
in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is on the Manchester-Glossop Line, 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, South Wales, the south coast of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, and routes throughout northern England...
. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early British railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield and Manchester via Ashton-under-Lyne...
in 1842. It was renamed "Mottram" in 1845, but has since reverted to its original name.
East of the station is the Etherow Viaduct that crosses 120 feet (36 m) over the River Etherow
River Etherow
The River Etherow is a river in northern England, and a tributary of the River Goyt. Although now passing through South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester, it historically formed the ancient county boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire. The upper valley is known as Longdendale...
. The official length of the viaduct is 422 feet 6 inches (127 metres 76 centimetres) long.
Services
There is generally a half-hourly daily service from Broadbottom to Manchester Piccadilly and GlossopGlossop railway station
Glossop railway station serves the town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England and is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield, with an estimated 700,000 people using the station in 2009/10....
/Hadfield
Hadfield railway station
Hadfield railway station serves the village of Hadfield in Derbyshire, England. The station is one of the twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Manchester-Glossop Line, the other being Glossop. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844.The line formerly...
. Trains operate hourly evenings and Sundays in each direction.
History
Officialdom has never seemed quite certain what to call the station lying at OS grid reference 63 SJ 99 and situated between milepost 9¾ and 10. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway called it "Broadbottom" when it opened for passengers on 10th December 1842. Less than three years later, in July 1845, it became "Mottram". Undecided that this name was appropriate the MS&L decided on the best of both worlds when they renamed the station "Mottram and Broadbottom" as and from 1st May 1884.Modern officials were, seemingly, not happy with such duplicity and the station reverted to its original title from 1st January 1954. Something of the former legend, though, was applied with the suffix "for Mottram and Charlesworth" remaining in use until comparatively recently.
Goods facilities here ceased on 15th July 1963 and the station remains open today. Catering for never more than local traffic the station did have a moment of glory in the 1920s when, for a short period, the morning restaurant car express from Manchester to Marylebone called here.