Portwood Railway Station
The station opened as Stockport as the western terminus of the Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway (S&WJR) when it opened on 12 January 1863. The line ran for 2¾ miles from Woodley on the MS&LR branch from Hyde to Marple.
Sometime later in 1863 or in 1864 the station was renamed Stockport Portwood, and in 1865 it opened for goods traffic. In 1865 the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJR) opened by making an end-on connection with the (S&WJR) and the station opened to through traffic, by this time both railways had become part of the Cheshire Lines Committee.
The station was located at Marsland Street which the railway crossed on an overbridge, the station appeared to have only one platform on the south eastern side of the double track running lines and several loops and sidings. There was a station building at street level with a ramp up to the platform, at least one building was on the platform, probably a shelter, and there was a signal box. A coal yard was located on the opposite side of the tracks.
After the opening of the route through to Altrincham in 1865 a more central station was opened at Stockport Tiviot Dale. Stockport Portwood then closing to passengers on 1 September 1875, when it became a goods station.
By 1898 there were more sidings, a substantial goods shed and a warehouse on site with road access from Hatherlow Street.
It remained in use until 25 April 1966 when it closed except for coal traffic which continued until 27 March 1972 when it closed entirely except for a private siding.
The line was officially closed in 1982 after not being used for two years following the exposure of a vertical shaft alongside the line while an extension to the M63 was being constructed. Today no trace of the station remains, the site being buried under a slip road of the M60.
References
Notes
- ^ Butt (1990) suggests it opened on 1 December 1865 when the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway opened.
Citations
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 190.
- ^ Grant 2017, p. 535.
- ^ Quick 2022, p. 427.
- ^ Bolger 1984, pp. 16–17.
- ^ Bolger 1984, p. 76.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Cheshire X.15 (Stockport)". National Library of Scotland. 1874. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Holt & Biddle 1986, p. 128.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Cheshire X.15 (Stockport)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Pixton 2011, pp. 94–97.
- ^ "Tiviot Dale closure". The Railway Magazine. 128 (977): 415. September 1982.
- ^ "Stockport Portwood station". Disused stations.
Bibliography
- Bolger, Paul (1984). An illustrated history of the Cheshire lines Committee. Heyday. ISBN 978-0-947562-00-7.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- Holt, Geoffrey O.; Biddle, Gordon (1986). The North West. A Regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-34-1. OCLC 643506870.
- Pixton, Bob (2011). The Cheshire Lines Railway Between Glazebrook and Godley: A Route of Strategic Importance. Kestrel Railway Books. pp. 94–97. ISBN 978-1-905505-21-0.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
