Great Moor Street

Bolton Great Moor Street Railway Station

Bolton, Great Moor Street

Great Moor Street Station
Location
Place	Bolton, Greater Manchester
Area	Bolton
Grid reference	SD716088
Operations
Original company	Bolton and Leigh Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	4
History
11 June 1831	Opened as Bolton
October 1849	Renamed Bolton Great Moor Street
1 April 1875	Rebuilt
29 March 1954	Closed

Bolton Great Moor Street railway station was the first railway station in Bolton, opened on 11 June 1831 by the Bolton and Leigh Railway.

Originally named simply Bolton, it was renamed Bolton Great Moor Street in October 1849.

The original street level station was replaced by a temporary station at Crook Street Goods Yard on 1 August 1871 while the new Bolton Great Moor Street station was built in a classic 'Italian' style.

The new station opened either on 1 April 1875 or on 28 September 1874 on the same site as the original station but ten feet higher.

The rebuilt station had four platforms covered over by a roof.

The rebuild coincided with the building of a new direct line to Manchester Exchange via Walkden and Roe Green by the London and North Western Railway which opened on 1 April 1875.

It was closed to passenger use by British Railways on 29 March 1954.

The station was demolished in 1966 and the area redeveloped.

Great Moor Street station was served by local trains from Kenyon Junction via Leigh and from Manchester Exchange via Walkden.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		London and North Western Railway		Plodder Lane Line and station closed
Rumworth and Daubhill Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Bolton and Leigh line		Terminus