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Oldham Mumps railway station

Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of OldhamFormer Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stationsHistory of the Metropolitan Borough of OldhamPages with no open date in Infobox stationRailway stations in Great Britain closed in 2009
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847Use British English from December 2016
Oldham Mumps railway station, Greater Manchester, geograph 3795244 by Nigel Thompson
Oldham Mumps railway station, Greater Manchester, geograph 3795244 by Nigel Thompson

Oldham Mumps was a railway station, opened in 1847, which served the town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the Oldham Loop Line 7+1⁄2 miles (12 km) northeast of Manchester Victoria. At the time of closure, it was operated and managed by Northern Rail. The station, and the Oldham Loop Line were closed in October 2009 for conversion into a Manchester Metrolink tram line, renamed as the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) and the station was demolished in 2010. Between 2012, and 2014, a temporary tram stop operated on the site of the station, until this was closed and replaced by a permanent tram stop a short distance away. The name of the station survives in the present Oldham Mumps tram stop which is located a short distance north of the former railway station, on the realigned track of the Oldham town centre tram line.

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Oldham Mumps railway station (London and North Western Railway)

Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) railway station opened on 5 July 1856 as the terminus of the Oldham branch from Greenfield, the station served the Mumps area of Oldham. The station was probably only known as Oldham during its brief period of existence, the suffixes Mumps and L&NWR may have been added later to provide clarity between the various stations in Oldham. Hooper (1991) states the station was a temporary affair called Victoria. Several sources claim the station was only ever to be temporary.The station location is not precisely known, it has been described as being: "...by a Junction with the Mumps Extension of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at or near Mumps Mill." (Italics and capitalisation in original). "...presumably adjacent to the LYR station." "...with the Oldham Branch of the London and North Western Railway, at or near their Oldham station, at a place called Mumps,..." "...their existing terminus at Oldham Mumps..." "...this branch terminated at a station adjacent to the L&Y at Oldham Mumps." "...adjacent to the L&Y's Mumps station."Hooper (1991) states that "there was a junction with the L&Y and a one road engine shed was erected for the engine that would work the branch, with a turntable completing the facilities".The station became a through station on 1 July 1862 when it was connected to the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway at Oldham Clegg Street over jointly owned tracks.The station closed on 1 November 1862, when it was replaced by Oldham Glodwick Road.

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Alexandra Park, Oldham
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