Place Friezland Grid reference SD993041 Platforms in use 2 | Area Oldham 3 May 1886 Station opens | |
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway 1 January 1917 Station closes to passengers Original company London and North Western Railway Similar Staley and Millbrook railway st, Darcy Lever railway st, Irlams o' th' Height railway st, Shawclough and Healey railway st | ||
Friezland Railway Station served the Hamlet of Friezland in Saddleworth until closure on 1 January 1917. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its Micklehurst Line.
On 19 August 1909 a passenger train was derailed at Friezland. Both train crew were killed.
The station closed for passenger traffic on 1 January 1917 but regular passenger traffic continued to pass through until 1964. Freight services to the station were withdrawn in 1965 and the line through the station was closed in 1966. The village is now served by Greenfield railway station.
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