Manchester Oldham Road railway station
The station was formally opened on 3 July 1839 when two trains carrying the company directors and numerous guests departed for Littleborough where a cold collation was provided before the return to Manchester.Despite the conflicting aspirations of the two companies, negotiations between the two resulted in agreement to build a new station, which became Manchester Victoria, at the central location of Hunt's Bank, with the M&LR being the principal owners and the LMR having limited rights of use.[13][14] An Act of Parliament, receiving royal assent on 1 July 1839, enabling construction of this extension and the "enlargement of stations, yards, warehouses, and other Conveniences in the Town of Manchester".[b][16][5] Goods trains operated along what was now a short 72 chains (1,400 m) branch line from Oldham Road Junction near Miles Platting.[17] At least 8 acres (3.2 ha)s of land immediately to the North of the station was laid out as a goods yard accessed by multiple turntables.The use of hoists to transfer wagons between the levels of the goods yard eventually began to limit the amount of traffic which could be handled.[24] In 1874 the L&YR ceased to use the station for mineral traffic with the exception that coal was still delivered to Manchester Corporation Rochdale Road Gas Works via a siding that ran through the goods yard.[30] A large area of workers' houses to the west of the station were demolished with a widened Thompson Street becoming the new western boundary, the displaced people being rehoused by the company.[37] British Railways London Midland Region continued to handle sundries traffic at Oldham Road for some years after the nationalisation of 1948.
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