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- Heywood 3rd
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- Ewood Bridge & Edenfield
- Rawtenstall
Heywood 1st
(1841 - 1848)
Heywood’s first station was the western terminus of a 1¼-mile single-track branch line of the Manchester & Leeds Railway (M&L) which ran to the east of Heywood
At the time of opening, the station was served by horse-drawn trains which ran to and from Blue Pitts (later renamed Castleton) on the main line. The service operated as a shuttle connecting with main line trains to Leeds and Manchester. The 1841 timetable showed four trains in each direction on Monday to Saturday and two on Sunday. On May 1 1847, locomotive working was introduced to the branch
The line was extended from Heywood to Bury which lay four miles to the west with a double-track line but the new line deviated from the original just to the south-east of the original passenger station which meant that the original station was closed on May 1 1848 and given over to goods use
The goods services were expanded and survived until October 1967
At the time of opening, the station was served by horse-drawn trains which ran to and from Blue Pitts (later renamed Castleton) on the main line. The service operated as a shuttle connecting with main line trains to Leeds and Manchester. The 1841 timetable showed four trains in each direction on Monday to Saturday and two on Sunday. On May 1 1847, locomotive working was introduced to the branch
The line was extended from Heywood to Bury which lay four miles to the west with a double-track line but the new line deviated from the original just to the south-east of the original passenger station which meant that the original station was closed on May 1 1848 and given over to goods use
The goods services were expanded and survived until October 1967
