Stockport Portwood railway station
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Portwood railway station was a railway station in Stockport
, England on the Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway (later becoming part of Cheshire Lines Committee
) Glazebrook
to Woodley line. It opened on 1 December 1865, closed to passengers on 1 September 1875, and remained in use as a coal depot until 25 April 1966.
Today no trace of the station remains, the site being buried under a slip road of the M60 motorway
.
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
, England on the Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway (later becoming part of Cheshire Lines Committee
Cheshire Lines Committee
The Cheshire Lines Committee was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain, with 143 route miles. Despite its name, approximately 55% of its system was in Lancashire. In its publicity material it was often styled as the Cheshire Lines Railway...
) Glazebrook
Glazebrook railway station
Glazebrook railway station is in the Warrington unitary authority in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail...
to Woodley line. It opened on 1 December 1865, closed to passengers on 1 September 1875, and remained in use as a coal depot until 25 April 1966.
Today no trace of the station remains, the site being buried under a slip road of the M60 motorway
M60 motorway
The M60 motorway, or Manchester Orbital, is an orbital motorway circling Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It passes through all Greater Manchester's metropolitan boroughs except for Wigan and Bolton...
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