Oldham Glodwick Road
General information
Location	Mumps,Oldham England
Coordinates	53°32′29″N2°05′50″W / 53.5413°N 2.0973°W /53.5413; -2.0973
Grid reference	SD936050
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1862 (1862-11-01)	Station opened
2 May 1955 (1955-05-02)	Station closed
Location

Oldham Glodwick Road railway station opened on 1 November 1862 when theLondon and North Western Railway (L&NWR) revised the termination of the branch to Oldham from its main-line atGreenfield.

The branch, which had opened in 1856, originally terminated atOldham Mumps (L&NWR), on 1 July 1862 the branch was extended to meet theOldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway (OA&GBR) atOldham Clegg Street over jointly owned tracks.^[1][2] Oldham Glodwick Road station opened on 1 November 1862 replacing Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) as their final station on the Oldham branch.^[a][1]

The station was located where the branch line was crossed by Glodwick Road, to the east of the road bridge the line was in a cutting, which was covered over for some time, it was an open cutting by 1922.^[4][5]

The passenger station had two through platforms on the outsides of the tracks and a bay platform on the south side for terminating (OA&GBR) trains, there was an additional goods bay line to the south of the passenger bay platform. The main platforms were linked by an enclosed footbridge.^[3] There was an associated goods station with shed located to the southwest of the passenger station.^[6] Between the goods yard and the passenger station they were able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock, the goods yard was equipped with a ten ton crane.^[7]

In 1866 Bradshaw's timetable showed only one entry and time for this station andOldham Clegg Street, it is assumed that all trains ran to both stations, they were approximately half a mile apart. The 14 trains travelling along the L&NWR Oldham branch to and fromGreenfield andDelph probably started atOldham Clegg Street, on to Glodwick Road and then onwards, on their return they halted at Glodwick Road and then terminated at Clegg Street.^[8]

By 1895 this pattern of service had been formalised in the timetable which now showed both Oldham stations, there were 16 services to Greenfield along the Oldham branch most weekdays, with 8 continuing to Delph.^[9] In 1922 there were 39 services on the branch with 18 continuing to Delph.^[10]

Early timetables do not show OA&GBR services as starting from Glodwick Road.^[b] By 1895 Bradshaw shows 24 services on the OA&GBR of which 20 started or finished at Glodwick Road.^[12] In 1922 there were 12 services on the OA&GBR of which 10 started or finished at Glodwick Road.^[13]

By 1939 there had been some consolidation, weekdays had 14 OA&GBR line services with an additional six on Saturdays. The LMS had eleven services to and fromStockport with an additional three on Saturdays which terminated at Glodwick Road. On the branch to Greenfield there were more than 35 services each way on weekdays.^[14]

The passenger station closed on 2 May 1955, when theDelph Donkey passenger train service toDelph via Greenfield was withdrawn.^[1][15]

The Oldham branch fromGreenfield remained open for goods traffic until 1964. The goods station and shed closed on 21 August 1967 having been served by lines from the south-west after the Oldham branch closed.^[16]

Since closure the cutting, the station was sited in, has been infilled and landscaped.

v t e Oldham Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future
Kirklees South Lines toHuddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines toTameside Rochdale Lines toRochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines toTameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps (L&YR) Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham Central (L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines toAshton Chadderton Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway Freehold South Chadderton Rochdale Lines toMiddleton andRochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North toManchester Manchester Lines North toManchester

v t e Delph Donkey
Legend
Delph Measurements Halt Dobcross Huddersfield line toHuddersfield Moorgate Halt Greenfield Grasscroft Huddersfield line toStalybridge Lydgate tunnel Grotton and Springhead Lees Oldham Loop Line toRochdale Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps L&YR Oldham Mumps LNWR Metrolink toManchester Victoria Oldham Central Oldham Clegg Street LNWR Goods Depot GC Goods Depot Oldham Werneth Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bdge toAshton-under-Lyne Oldham Loop Line toManchester Victoria Scottfield GC Goods Depot

• Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
• Former London and North Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955
• 1862 establishments in England
• 1955 disestablishments in England

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