Didsbury railway station

Didsbury
The site of Didsbury station, now a row of cafés and bars
Location
Place	Didsbury
Area	City of Manchester
Coordinates	53°25′07″N 2°13′53″W / 53.4186°N 2.2313°WCoordinates: 53°25′07″N 2°13′53″W / 53.4186°N 2.2313°W
Grid reference	SJ847913
Operations
Original company	South District Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 January 1880	Station opened
2 January 1967	Station closed
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Didsbury railway station is a former station in Didsbury, in the southern suburbs of Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The station was located on Wilmslow Road, just north of the junction with Barlow Moor Road and opposite Didsbury Library. Nothing now remains of the old station buildings, which have been demolished, but the surviving white Portland stone clock tower is a local landmark. Didsbury is now served by Didsbury Village tram stop which is close to the site of the former railway station.

History

Midland Railway lines into Manchester showing the Manchester South District Line

Didsbury Station opened in 1880 when the Midland Railway opened the new Manchester South District line which ran from Manchester Central Station.^[1]

The Manchester South District line, and consequently Didsbury station, closed in 1967 under the Beeching Axe. For a number of years the station building was used as a hardware store, but after this closed the building fell derelict and was demolished in the early 1980s.^[1][2] The site today is occupied by a row of pubs and cafés. All that remains of the old station is the clock tower and drinking fountain which were erected to the memory of a local doctor and campaigner for the poor, Dr. J. Milson Rhodes.

See also

• Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
• Midland Railway
• Withington and West Didsbury railway station

External links

• http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/City_South.html
• Didsbury Village Metrolink station plans

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  The line running under School Lane

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  The station clock

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  Plaque on the station clock

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  Didsbury station on a 1905 OS map

References

1. Sussex, Gay; Helm, Peter (1988). Looking Back at Withington and Didsbury. Timperley: Willow Publishing. pp. inside front cover. ISBN 0-946361-25-8.
2. "Didsbury". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 October 2012.