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Dukinfield and Ashton railway station

Dukinfield and Ashton railway station served Dukinfield in Greater Manchester, England.

The line through the station site opened in August 1893 when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opened the Stalybridge junction line from a new junction just south of station on the Great Central Railway to , thereby providing its own route to Stalybridge from Denton Junction.

The station was built at high level on a viaduct as it passed through Dukinfield. The station was opened on 2 October 1893.

Access to the platforms was via an entrance in Cooper Street and ascending a staircase inside one of viaduct pillars.

The station was closed on 25 September 1950.

The goods yard, called just Dukinfield, was to the south-west of the passenger station, it had a goods shed and a 10 ton crane, it closed on 30 January 1965.

The line closed completely on 1 January 1968.

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