Wardleworth railway station

Wardleworth
The site of the station in November 2007
Location
Place	Wardleworth
Area	Rochdale
Grid reference	SD902140
Operations
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 November 1870 (1870-11-01)	Opened
16 June 1947 (1947-06-16)	Closed
7 November 1966	closed for freight
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Wardleworth railway station served the township of Wardleworth in Rochdale, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947. It was on the Facit Branch between Rochdale and Facit, which was extended to Bacup in 1881. The station was quite well placed for Rochdale town centre and so, in addition to the branch trains, a few other services from Manchester terminated here. Between here and Rochdale station was the Roch Valley Viaduct, now demolished.

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rochdale Line closed, Station open		L&YR Rochdale to Bacup Line		Shawclough and Healey

Railways in Rochdale (Past, Present and Future)
Legend
To Bacup To Calderdale Broadley Littleborough Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth Smithy Bridge Rochdale Town Centre Rochdale Newbold Kingsway Business Park To Bury Milnrow Broadfield Newhey To Oldham Heywood Castleton Middleton Mills Hill To Manchester