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original at Broadley copied on 21 Sep

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Broadley
The site of the station in May 2008
General information
Location	Broadley, Rochdale England
Grid reference	SD879163
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1870 (1870-11-01)	Opened
16 June 1947 (1947-06-16)	Closed

Broadley railway station served Broadley in Rochdale, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.

The station was opened on 1 November 1870 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened the Rochdale to Facit section of its line to Bacup.

It was situated at Healey Dell.

The remains of Broadley station in 1963

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Shawclough & Healey		L&YR Rochdale to Bacup Line		Whitworth

Bibliography

• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
• Suggitt, Gordon (2004) [2003]. Lost Railways of Lancashire (Reprinted from 2003 original with revisions ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-85306-801-0.

disused stations

Railways in Rochdale
Past, present and future
Rossendale Lines to Bacup Calderdale Lines to Calderdale Broadley Littleborough Shawclough and Healey Smithy Bridge Wardleworth Rochdale Newbold Rochdale Town Centre Kingsway Business Park Milnrow East Lancs Rly to Bury Newhey Broadfield Oldham Lines to Oldham Heywood Castleton Mills Hill Middleton Manchester Lines North to Manchester