Uppermill railway station

Upper Mill
Location
Place Uppermill
Area Oldham
Coordinates 53°32′52″N 2°00′08″W / 53.54771°N 2.00223°W / 53.54771; -2.00223Coordinates: 53°32′52″N 2°00′08″W / 53.54771°N 2.00223°W / 53.54771; -2.00223
Grid reference SD999057
Operations
Original company London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
3 May 1886 Station opens
1 January 1917 Station closes
15 June 1964 closed for freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Micklehurst Loop

to Huddersfield
Standedge Tunnel
Diggle
Butterhouse tunnel
Uppermill
Friezland
Royal George tunnel
Micklehurst
Staley and Millbrook
Stalybridge
to Manchester

Uppermill Railway Station served the village of Uppermill in Oldham. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on their Micklehurst Line from Stalybridge to Diggle and Huddersfield. It opened in 1886 and closed to passengers in 1917. Regular passenger trains continued to pass through the station until 1964 and the line was closed completely in 1966.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Friezland   L&NW
Micklehurst Line
  Diggle

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