Heywood railway station

Former railway station in England

53°35′20″N 2°12′25″W / 53.5889°N 2.2069°W / 53.5889; -2.2069Grid referenceSD863102Managed byEast Lancashire RailwayPlatforms1Key dates1841Original station opened1848resited5 October 1970Closed6 September 2003Current station opened

Heywood railway station serves the town of Heywood in Greater Manchester, England. The original station was opened in 1841 (by the Manchester and Leeds Railway). It was resited in 1848 when the line was extended to Bury. It closed on 5 October 1970. It re-opened on 6 September 2003^[1] as an extension of the East Lancashire Railway from Bury Bolton Street. The boundary between the ELR and the national rail network is located a short distance east of the station, at Hopwood.

£300 million had been pledged to link Heywood back to the National Rail Network in 2009, which would have seen services direct to Manchester via Castleton,^[2] but this scheme was subsequently shelved due to lack of funding. The ELR still has ambitions to run trains through to Castleton though to allow direct interchange with National Rail services there. This would form part of a larger scheme to regenerate the area and create additional tourist attractions such as a proposed Heywood Culture Park.

The original station was situated immediately opposite the terminal wharf of the Heywood Branch Canal. The East Lancashire Railway station is situated slightly further to the east, nearer to the former Heywood railway wagon works.^[3]

References

^ Wood, Frank (10 September 2003). "Thousands flock to rail dream". Heywood Advertiser. M.E.N. Media. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
^ Gray, Lisa (20 May 2009). "Money for Manchester train service is found". Heywood Advertiser. M.E.N. Media.
^ Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 map, 1929 and 2011

External links

Railways in Rochdale

Legend

Past, present and future

Rossendale Lines

to Bacup

Calderdale Lines

to Calderdale

Broadley

Littleborough

Shawclough

and Healey

Smithy Bridge

Wardleworth

Rochdale

Newbold

to Bury

Oldham Lines

to Oldham

Heywood

Castleton

Mills Hill

Middleton

Manchester Lines North

to Manchester

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Transport & Travel on Road, Canal & Railway
The Castleton and Heywood Masterplan^{[permanent dead link]} Study by Mouchel & Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council to develop tourism potential of the two areas.

Preceding station	Heritage railways		Following station
Terminus		East Lancashire Railway	Bury Bolton Street
	Historical railways
Castleton Line closed, station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway	Broadfield Line open, station closed
Middleton Junction Line and station closed			Broadfield Line open, station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
Castleton Line closed, station open		East Lancashire Railway	Bury Bolton Street Line and station open