Platt Bridge railway station

Platt Bridge
Platt Bridge
General information
Location	Platt Bridge, Wigan; England
Coordinates	53°31′24″N 2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W
Grid reference	SD605031
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1864	Station opened
1 May 1961	Station closed
Location
Location

LocationPlatt Bridge, Wigan
England

Coordinates53°31′24″N 2°35′52″W / 53.5232°N 2.5977°W

Grid referenceSD605031

Platforms2

Manchester to Wigan Line

Legend

West Coast Main Line

to Preston

Wigan North Western

to Liverpool Lime Street

via St Helens

to Standish

via Whelley Loop

West Coast Main Line

Platt Bridge

to Warrington Bank Quay

to Wigan Central

and Whelley Loop

Bickershaw & Abram

to Glazebrook

via Lowton St Mary's

Plank Lane

to Kenyon Junction

via Pennington

Hindley Green

Atherleigh

to Kenyon Junction

via Pennington

to Bolton Great Moor Street

via Chequerbent

Leigh

Howe Bridge

Tyldesley Junction

Tyldesley

Ellenbrook

to Bolton Great Moor Street

via Walkden Low Level

to Kenyon Junction

via Chat Moss

Patricroft

Worsley

Monton Green

Eccles Junction

Clifton Hall Tunnel
to Clifton Junction

Eccles

to Manchester Exchange

or Manchester Victoria

Platt Bridge railway station is a closed railway station in the Platt Bridge area of Wigan, England, where the line bridged Liverpool Road (the A58).

Platt Bridge was in the historic county of Lancashire.

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v t e Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester
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Bury	Ainsworth Road Halt Bradley Fold Brandlesholme Road Halt Bury Knowsley Street Greenmount Holcombe Brook Knowles Level Crossing Halt Molyneux Brow Radcliffe Black Lane Radcliffe Bridge Ringley Road Sunny Wood Halt Tottington Withins Lane Woodhill Road Halt Woolfold
Manchester (city centre in italics)	Baguley Chorlton-cum-Hardy Clayton Bridge Dean Lane Didsbury Fallowfield High Street (Metrolink) Hyde Road Levenshulme South Longsight Manchester Central Manchester Liverpool Road Manchester Mayfield Manchester Oldham Road Miles Platting Mosley Street (Metrolink) Newton Heath Northenden Park Wilbraham Road Withington and West Didsbury
Oldham	Delph Derker Diggle Dobcross Failsworth Friezland Grasscroft Grotton and Springhead Hollinwood Lees Measurements Middleton Junction Moorgate Oldham Central Oldham Clegg Street Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps Oldham Mumps (LNWR) Oldham Werneth Royton Royton Junction Saddleworth Shaw and Crompton Uppermill
Rochdale	Broadfield Broadley Middleton Milnrow New Hey Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth
Salford	Agecroft Bridge Barton Moss Cadishead Cross Lane Dixon Fold Ellenbrook Irlams o' th' Height Little Hulton Manchester Exchange Monton Green Oldfield Road Ordsall Lane Pendlebury Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Seedley Walkden Low Level Weaste Worsley
Stockport	Cheadle (CLC) Cheadle (LNWR) Cheadle Heath Cheadle North Hazel Grove (Midland) High Lane Heaton Mersey Heaton Norris Stockport Portwood Stockport Tiviot Dale
Tameside	Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw (1st) Audenshaw (2nd) Droylsden Dukinfield and Ashton Dukinfield Central Godley East Hooley Hill Micklehurst Oldham Road Park Bridge Staley and Millbrook
Trafford	Altrincham (1st) Bowdon Broadheath (Altrincham) Cornbrook Dunham (W&SR) Dunham Massey Partington West Timperley
Wigan	Amberswood (Hindley) Astley Atherleigh Atherton Bag Lane Bamfurlong Boar's Head Golborne North Golborne South Hindley Green Hindley South Howe Bridge Leigh Lower Ince Lowton Pennington Platt Bridge Red Rock Tyldesley Westleigh West Leigh and Bedford Whelley Wigan Central
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Platt Bridge railway station

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