Area Wigan 11 June 1831 Opened as Bag Lane Platforms in use 2 | Grid reference SD667038 Original company Bolton and Leigh Railway | |
Place Atherton, Greater Manchester Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Chequerbent railway station, Bolton Great Moor Street rail, Astley railway station, Ashton Moss railway st, Park railway station | ||
Atherton Bag Lane railway station served an area of Atherton, Greater Manchester in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Bolton Great Moor Street to Leigh Station and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and later to Kenyon Junction.
History
Opened by the Bolton and Leigh Railway it became part of the London and North Western Railway, the station joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping in 1923. It passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by the British Transport Commission six years later.
The site is a wooded area at the corner of two roads.
References
Atherton Bag Lane railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA