Dixon Fold railway station

Dixon Fold
Location
Place	Clifton
Area	Salford
Coordinates	53°31′53″N 2°20′34″W / 53.53130°N 2.34286°W / 53.53130; -2.34286Coordinates: 53°31′53″N 2°20′34″W / 53.53130°N 2.34286°W / 53.53130; -2.34286
Grid reference	SD773039
Operations
Original company	Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1841 (1841)	Opened
2 August 1926	Closed
7 March 1927	Reopened
18 May 1931 (1931-05-18)[1]	Closed
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Dixon Fold railway station was a railway station built on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, between Clifton Junction railway station (Manchester to Preston Line) and Kearsley railway station, in Clifton near Pendlebury.^[2]

History

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Dixon Fold

The station opened in 1841.^[3] Maps of the area from 1848 give it the name Clifton Station, not to be confused with the nearby Clifton railway station which opened in 1847.^[4]

The station closed on 2 August 1926, but reopened on 7 March 1927.^[3] It closed permanently on 18 May 1931,^[3] and no longer exists.

See also

• Wet Earth Colliery

References

1. ^ "The Sectional Appendix, Pendleton (Broad St.) Windsor Bridge No.3 to Fleetwood Station". http://www.britishrailways1960.co.uk/CLPBStF01.html. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
2. ^ Love 1839, p. 234
3. ^ ^{a b c} Butt 1995, p. 80
4. ^ Butt 1995, p. 63

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
• Love, Benjamin (1839). Manchester as it is. http://books.google.com/?id=0hMHAAAAQAAJ. 

External links

• Site of Dixon Fold Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Clifton		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Bolton Railway		Kearsley

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