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Broadfield
(1869 - 1970)
The line between Heywood and Bury had opened on May 1 1848 but Broadfield was not one of the original stations on the line, opening two decades later on September 13 1869.
The locality was a manufacturing district and the large New York Mill was just to the north of the station
The line was double-track and Broadfield station was situated on an embankment reached by a driveway and a sloping path on the north side of the line. The platforms and buildings were constructed of timber and the goods facilities were located on the up side of the line a short distance east of the passenger station
In the early hours of March 3 1883, a fire destroyed the passenger facilities at Broadfield station and the LYR rebuilt the station in brick at a cost of £11,000 with a single-storey building containing the ladies’ and gentlemen’s first class waiting rooms, a booking office, a porters’ room and a lamp room. A canopy with a deep, crenellated valance extended along the length of the building and the width of the platform. A similar building that contained waiting facilities and toilets was located on the down platform
The December 1895 timetable showed 26 trains each way on weekdays with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays and on Sundays there were 9 up and 10 down services. Trains served destinations including Bacup, Bolton Trinity Street, Bury Knowsley Street, Liverpool Exchange, Manchester Victoria and Rochdale
By summer 1947, the service consisted of 29 up and 23 down services on weekdays and on Saturdays there were 31 up and 28 down trains and on Sundays 9 up and 10 down services but from the start of the winter 1964 timetable Sunday services ceased to operate and on March 23 1964 Broadfield closed to public goods services but private traffic was still handled. However a number of services were withdrawn and from September 8 1969, Broadfield became an unstaffed station and approval was given to withdraw the passenger service between Bolton, Bury and Rochdale with all passenger services ceasing from October 5 1970
On July 25 1987, the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), a heritage organisation, started to run passenger services between Bury Bolton Street and Ramsbottom and the line was extended to Heywood in 2003 but Broadfield station was not reopened
The line was double-track and Broadfield station was situated on an embankment reached by a driveway and a sloping path on the north side of the line. The platforms and buildings were constructed of timber and the goods facilities were located on the up side of the line a short distance east of the passenger station
In the early hours of March 3 1883, a fire destroyed the passenger facilities at Broadfield station and the LYR rebuilt the station in brick at a cost of £11,000 with a single-storey building containing the ladies’ and gentlemen’s first class waiting rooms, a booking office, a porters’ room and a lamp room. A canopy with a deep, crenellated valance extended along the length of the building and the width of the platform. A similar building that contained waiting facilities and toilets was located on the down platform
The December 1895 timetable showed 26 trains each way on weekdays with an extra train in each direction on Saturdays and on Sundays there were 9 up and 10 down services. Trains served destinations including Bacup, Bolton Trinity Street, Bury Knowsley Street, Liverpool Exchange, Manchester Victoria and Rochdale
By summer 1947, the service consisted of 29 up and 23 down services on weekdays and on Saturdays there were 31 up and 28 down trains and on Sundays 9 up and 10 down services but from the start of the winter 1964 timetable Sunday services ceased to operate and on March 23 1964 Broadfield closed to public goods services but private traffic was still handled. However a number of services were withdrawn and from September 8 1969, Broadfield became an unstaffed station and approval was given to withdraw the passenger service between Bolton, Bury and Rochdale with all passenger services ceasing from October 5 1970
On July 25 1987, the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), a heritage organisation, started to run passenger services between Bury Bolton Street and Ramsbottom and the line was extended to Heywood in 2003 but Broadfield station was not reopened
