Royton Junction railway station

Royton Junction
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Location
Place	Acre
Area	Oldham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SD934064
Operations
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 July 1864 (1864-07-01)	Opened as Royton Junction
8 May 1978	Renamed Royton
11 May 1987	Closed
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Royton Junction railway station which opened on 1 July 1864 was a station on the Oldham Loop Line in Greater Manchester, England. It was the junction for the short branch line to Royton railway station. The line to Royton was closed to goods on 2 November 1964, and to passengers on 16 April 1966. A 450-yard section of the line remained in use for freight traffic from Royton Junction to Higginshaw Gas Sidings. This final part of the Royton Junction to Royton line closed on 6 April 1970.

The station was renamed Royton on 8 May 1978 and was closed from 11 May 1987. Approval for closure had been given on 8 May 1987, as the station had been replaced by Derker station which opened ½ mile away on 30 August 1985.

References

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Oldham Mumps		L&YR Royton branch		Royton
Derker		London Midland Region of British Railways Oldham Loop Line		Shaw and Crompton

Oldham Lines - Past, Present and Future

Legend To Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Moorgate Halt Uppermill Greenfield Friezland To Rochdale To Tameside Shaw and Crompton Royton To Tameside Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Mumps Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Central Oldham Central; Oldham Clegg Street Oldham King Street To Ashton Westwood Oldham Werneth Chadderton MJOB To Middleton and Rochdale Freehold Middleton Junction South Chadderton To Manchester Hollinwood Failsworth To Manchester