Newton Heath Railway Station served the district of Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Newton Heath is an urban area of the city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It is east north east of Manchester city centre and has a population of 9,883....

 in east Manchester. It was opened 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...

 (LYR) on 1 December 1853 and was closed by British Railways on 3 January 1966. The station buildings were situated on the northwest side of Dean Lane, where that road passed over the LYR line from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale, and 300 yards north of Dean Lane

Dean Lane railway station

Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880 and served Newton Heath, Manchester, England. The station was on the Oldham Loop Line 2½ miles north east of Manchester Victoria and was operated and managed by Northern Rail. There were once three stations in Newton Heath: , Dean Lane and...

. It was immediately adjacent to the large LYR Newton Heath steam locomotive shed. The area will be served by Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink station

Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink station

Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink station is an under-construction Manchester Metrolink station in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England....

, which is due to open by 2012.