Atherleigh railway station
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Atherleigh | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Leigh, Wigan England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°30′28″N 2°31′15″W / 53.5077°N 2.5208°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD656013 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 14 October 1935 | Station opened | ||||
| 29 March 1954 | Station closed completely | ||||
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Atherleigh railway station served an area of Leigh in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Kenyon Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street.
Opened by the London Midland and Scottish Railway to serve local housing estates built after World War 1.[1][2] The station was located on the west side of the railway at Westbourne Avenue with a connecting footbridge between the two parts of the road.[3]
The station structure was a simple wooden building.[4] There was a platform on each side of the tracks.[5]
The station 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.[6]
