Grasscroft railway station

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Grasscroft railway station served the village of Grasscroft between 1912 and 1955.

History

The station opened on 1 January 1912, on the London and North Western Railway route from Oldham to Greenfield. It was located not far from the portal of Lydgate Tunnel. It closed temporarily on 16 July 1917, reopening on 1 January 1919. The station closed permanently on 2 May 1955, when the Delph Donkey passenger train service to Delph via Greenfield was withdrawn.

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