Dixon Fold railway station

Dixon Fold
Location
Place	Clifton
Area	Salford
Coordinates	53°31′53″N 2°20′34″W / 53.53130°N 2.34286°WCoordinates: 53°31′53″N 2°20′34″W / 53.53130°N 2.34286°W
Grid reference	SD773039
Operations
Original company	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1841	Opened
2 August 1926	Closed
7 March 1927	Reopened
18 May 1931[1]	Closed
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A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Dixon Fold

Dixon Fold railway station was built on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, between Clifton Junction railway station (Manchester to Preston Line) and Kearsley railway station, in Clifton near Pendlebury.^[2] It opened in 1841.^[3] Maps of the area from 1848 give it the name Clifton Station, which should not to be confused with the nearby Clifton railway station on Rake Lane (formerly named Clifton Junction railway station), which opened in 1847.^[4] The station closed between 2 August 1926 and 7 March 1927, but was closed permanently on 18 May 1931.^[3] The station was demolished after closure.

See also

• Wet Earth Colliery

References

1. "The Sectional Appendix, Pendleton (Broad St.) Windsor Bridge No.3 to Fleetwood Station". Retrieved 2009-10-12.
2. Love 1839, p. 234
3. Butt 1995, p. 80
4. Butt 1995, p. 63

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Love, Benjamin (1839). "Manchester as it is".

External links

• Site of Dixon Fold Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map

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