Micklehurst railway station
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Micklehurst Railway Station served the village of Micklehurst in Tameside
until closure in 1907. It was built by the London and North Western Railway
on its Micklehurst Line
. The station building on the up (Diggle to Stalybridge) side are still standing and are used as a private residence.
Tameside
The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame which flows through the borough and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Its western...
until closure in 1907. It was built by 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...
on its Micklehurst Line
Micklehurst Line
The Micklehurst Line was a railway line between Stalybridge, Cheshire, and Diggle junction in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The line, approximately eight miles long, was also sometimes referred to as the Micklehurst Loop and the Stalybridge and Diggle Loop Line.-Construction and opening:The London...
. The station building on the up (Diggle to Stalybridge) side are still standing and are used as a private residence.