Oldham Werneth railway station

Oldham Werneth railway station was situated on the Oldham Loop Line, 6 1⁄4 miles (10 km) northeast of Manchester Victoria. The station was situated on Featherstall Road South, in the Werneth area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Opened on 31 March 1842 it was the oldest of the six railway stations that at one time existed in Oldham.[1]

Oldham Werneth
Oldham Werneth railway station in 1988
LocationWerneth, Oldham
England
Coordinates53.5389°N 2.1281°W / 53.5389; -2.1281
Grid referenceSD915047
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingNorthern
Key dates
31 March 1842Opened as Oldham
c.1849Renamed Oldham Werneth
3 October 2009Closed
Passengers
2004/05  38,804
2005/06 38,409
2006/07 35,006
2007/08 38,248
2008/09 55,908
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It predominantly served local Chadderton, Westwood and Werneth residents. The station, and all trains serving it, were operated by Northern Rail.

The station was built originally to serve the Platt Bros. of Oldham, a huge cotton spinning engineering company, who had their headquarters in Werneth. However, this company no longer exists.

The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway formerly ran from Werneth Station down to Middleton Junction. The line included the Werneth Incline which had a gradient of 1 in 27, and was one of the steepest stretches of line regularly used for passenger traffic in the country. The branch line closed on 7 January 1963.[2]

The Oldham Werneth to Thorpes Bridge Junction, Newton Heath line which opened on 17 May 1880 was built to avoid the Werneth Incline. It approached Werneth station from the Manchester direction on a separate two track formation adjacent to the Incline. There was a flat junction between the two lines just beyond Werneth Signal Box and close to the platform ends of the station.[3]

Oldham Werneth railway station closed on 3 October 2009 when work started on the conversion of the Oldham Loop Line to Manchester Metrolink. The area is now served by the nearby Westwood and Freehold tram stops.

References
  1. "Disused Stations: Oldham Werneth Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. "Central Lines". www.britishrailways1960.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. "Disused Stations: Oldham Werneth Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
The Oldham Loop Line
Stations (anticlockwise from Manchester)
(*) Closed 3 October 2009

Dean Lane (*)
Failsworth (*)
Hollinwood (*)
Oldham Werneth (*)
Oldham Mumps (*)
Derker (*)
Shaw and Crompton (*)
New Hey (*)
Milnrow (*)

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Hollinwood   L&YR
Oldham Loop Line		   Oldham Central
Disused railways
Middleton Junction   L&YR
Werneth Incline		   Oldham Central
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