Irlams o' th' Height railway station

Irlams o' th' Height
Station Mistress and two porters at Irlams O'th Height Station, 1917
Location
Place	Irlams o' th' Height, Salford
Area	City of Salford
Coordinates	53°30′14″N 2°18′11″W / 53.504°N 2.303°W / 53.504; -2.303Coordinates: 53°30′14″N 2°18′11″W / 53.504°N 2.303°W / 53.504; -2.303
Operations
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1901 (1901-07-01)	Opened
5 March 1956 (1956-03-05)	Closed
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Irlams o' th' Height railway station was located on the Atherton Line between Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate. The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 1 July 1901,^[1] some 14 years after the Atherton Line had opened in 1888. The station closed on 5 March 1956.^[1] The preceding station was Pendleton, the following station was Pendlebury, also both since demolished.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Irlams o' th' Height

The station was located at the bottom of Bank Lane, however this was to prove to be the station's downfall, as it was located too far away from the main population centre of Irlams o' th' Height. Although isolated from the population centre, the station was located close to various factories, as well as the extensive Agecroft Locomotive Shed (demolished in 1968).

The station's construction differed from all the others along the line, its being constructed of planks of wood (both platform and buildings) rather than the usual yellow brick which is the standard along the line.

The station was noteworthy because the station was staffed entirely by women during the First World War.

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pendlebury		L&YR Manchester to Southport Line		Pendleton

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Bury	Ainsworth Road Halt Bradley Fold Brandlesholme Road Halt Bury Knowsley Street Greenmount Holcombe Brook Knowles Level Crossing Halt Molyneux Brow Radcliffe Black Lane Radcliffe Bridge Ringley Road Sunny Wood Halt Tottington Withins Lane Woodhill Road Halt Woolfold

Manchester (city centre in italics)	Baguley Chorlton-cum-Hardy Clayton Bridge Dean Lane Didsbury Fallowfield High Street (Metrolink) Hyde Road Levenshulme South Longsight Manchester Central Manchester Liverpool Road Manchester Mayfield Manchester Oldham Road Miles Platting Mosley Street (Metrolink) Newton Heath Northenden Park Wilbraham Road Withington and West Didsbury

Oldham	Delph Derker Diggle Dobcross Failsworth Friezland Grasscroft Grotton and Springhead Hollinwood Lees Measurements Middleton Junction Moorgate Oldham Central Oldham Clegg Street Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps Oldham Mumps (LNWR) Oldham Werneth Royton Royton Junction Saddleworth Shaw and Crompton Uppermill

Rochdale	Broadfield Broadley Middleton Milnrow New Hey Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth

Salford	Agecroft Bridge Barton Moss Cadishead Cross Lane Dixon Fold Ellenbrook Irlams o' th' Height Little Hulton Manchester Exchange Monton Green Oldfield Road Ordsall Lane Pendlebury Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Seedley Walkden Low Level Weaste Worsley

Stockport	Cheadle (CLC) Cheadle (LNWR) Cheadle Heath Hazel Grove (Midland) High Lane Heaton Mersey Heaton Norris Portwood Stockport Tiviot Dale

Tameside	Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw Droylsden Dukinfield and Ashton Dukinfield Central Godley East Hooley Hill Micklehurst Oldham Road Park Bridge Staley and Millbrook

Trafford	Altrincham (1st) Bowdon Broadheath (Altrincham) Cornbrook Dunham (W&SR) Dunham Massey Partington West Timperley

Wigan	Amberswood (Hindley) Astley Atherleigh Atherton Bag Lane Boar's Head Hindley Green Hindley South Howe Bridge Leigh Lower Ince Pennington Platt Bridge Red Rock Tyldesley Westleigh West Leigh and Bedford Whelley Wigan Central

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