Chequerbent railway station
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Chequerbent railway station was a railway station in Westhoughton
to the south-west of Bolton
, Greater Manchester
, on the line between Bolton
and Leigh
; it was open between 1885 and 1952, and replaced an earlier station
open between 1831 and 1885.
(B&LR) opened for goods traffic in 1828 (passenger services followed in 1831), and included a number of steep inclines. These were worked using ropes hauled by stationary engines, as opposed to locomotives on the flatter sections of the line. To avoid these inclines, and allow steam locomotives to haul trains for the entire journey, the London and North Western Railway
(LNWR), successor to the B&LR, built deviations over easier gradients. This required the resiting of stations including Chequerbent
. The old station closed on 2 February 1885, and the new one opened the same day. The new station was sometimes known as Chequerbent for Hulton Park.. The route of the new line passed under the A6, whereas the previous line had crossed at road level, and thus the new platforms were reached via two flights of steps.
During the 1930s there were some 20 trains per day, but by the 1950s this had fallen to only six passenger services per day. The second station at Chequerbent was closed on 3 March 1952 and passenger services on the line terminated completely in 1954.
Westhoughton
Westhoughton is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester....
to the south-west of Bolton
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, on the line between Bolton
Bolton Great Moor Street railway station
Bolton Great Moor Street railway station was the first railway station in Bolton, opened on 11 June 1831 by the Bolton and Leigh Railway. Originally named simply Bolton, it was renamed Bolton Great Moor Street in October 1849...
and Leigh
Westleigh railway station
Westleigh or West Leigh station was a station in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England onthe Bolton and Leigh Railway line. It was situated within the historic county of Lancashire...
; it was open between 1885 and 1952, and replaced an earlier station
Chequerbent railway station (1831)
Chequerbent railway station was a railway station in Westhoughton to the south-west of Bolton, Greater Manchester, on the line between Bolton and Leigh...
open between 1831 and 1885.
History
The line of the former Bolton and Leigh RailwayBolton and Leigh Railway
The Bolton and Leigh Railway was the first public railway in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It opened in 1828 for goods.-History:...
(B&LR) opened for goods traffic in 1828 (passenger services followed in 1831), and included a number of steep inclines. These were worked using ropes hauled by stationary engines, as opposed to locomotives on the flatter sections of the line. To avoid these inclines, and allow steam locomotives to haul trains for the entire journey, the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
(LNWR), successor to the B&LR, built deviations over easier gradients. This required the resiting of stations including Chequerbent
Chequerbent railway station (1831)
Chequerbent railway station was a railway station in Westhoughton to the south-west of Bolton, Greater Manchester, on the line between Bolton and Leigh...
. The old station closed on 2 February 1885, and the new one opened the same day. The new station was sometimes known as Chequerbent for Hulton Park.. The route of the new line passed under the A6, whereas the previous line had crossed at road level, and thus the new platforms were reached via two flights of steps.
During the 1930s there were some 20 trains per day, but by the 1950s this had fallen to only six passenger services per day. The second station at Chequerbent was closed on 3 March 1952 and passenger services on the line terminated completely in 1954.