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Heywood 2nd
(1848 - 1970)
An extension to Bury opened on May 1 1848 and a new station was provided at Heywood. The line was double-track, the original branch to Castleton had been single-track but it was doubled as part
of the Bury line works
By 1887, the station had been enlarged with the main facilities on the up platform. They consisted of a single-storey red-brick building under a pitched slate roof
By December 1895, there were 24 down trains in each direction Monday to Friday. On Saturdays there were three extra up and one less down services. The Sunday service consisted of 9 up and 10 down services
Throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s the passenger services remained fairly constant at over 30 departures in each direction on Monday to Saturday. Heywood enjoyed through services to Bacup, Blackburn, Blackpool, Liverpool Exchange, Manchester Victoria, Oldham, Rochdale, Southport Chapel Street and Wigan Wallgate
From September 8 1969, Heywood became an unstaffed station and in the same year the Minister of Transport approved the proposal to withdraw the passenger service from October 5 1970. The main building on the up platform at Heywood was demolished by 1983; the down platform buildings had been removed by 1976
On July 25 1987, the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), a ‘heritage’ organisation, introduced passenger services between Bury Bolton Street and Ramsbottom and the ELR started to operate a service of regular passenger trains between Bury Bolton Street and Heywood on July 25 2003. A new station was built at Heywood to the east of the original
By 1887, the station had been enlarged with the main facilities on the up platform. They consisted of a single-storey red-brick building under a pitched slate roof
By December 1895, there were 24 down trains in each direction Monday to Friday. On Saturdays there were three extra up and one less down services. The Sunday service consisted of 9 up and 10 down services
Throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s the passenger services remained fairly constant at over 30 departures in each direction on Monday to Saturday. Heywood enjoyed through services to Bacup, Blackburn, Blackpool, Liverpool Exchange, Manchester Victoria, Oldham, Rochdale, Southport Chapel Street and Wigan Wallgate
From September 8 1969, Heywood became an unstaffed station and in the same year the Minister of Transport approved the proposal to withdraw the passenger service from October 5 1970. The main building on the up platform at Heywood was demolished by 1983; the down platform buildings had been removed by 1976
On July 25 1987, the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), a ‘heritage’ organisation, introduced passenger services between Bury Bolton Street and Ramsbottom and the ELR started to operate a service of regular passenger trains between Bury Bolton Street and Heywood on July 25 2003. A new station was built at Heywood to the east of the original
