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Middleton railway station (England)

Middleton Railway station served the town of Middleton.

The station opened on 5 January 1857 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened a branch line to serve the town from .

The station was located to the south east of the junction of Oldham Road (now the A669) and Townley Street.

Originally the station had a single platform. It was rebuilt with two platforms in 1885-1886. There were goods lines on both sides of the main running lines and a goods shed to the south. The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a five ton crane.

A Cotton shed (described on the map as a goods shed) opened about 1907, it had a rail link into Neva Cotton Mills.

The station closed to passengers on 7 September 1964 and completely on 11 October 1965 when the branch also closed.

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