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Newton Heath Railway Station served the district of
Newton Heath Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part of Lancashire, Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the factory system following the Industrial ...
in east Manchester. It was opened by the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company before the Railways Act 1921, 1923 Grouping. It was Incorporation (business)#Incorporation in the United Kingdom, incorpo ...
(LYR) on 1 December 1853 and was closed by
British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commis ...
on 3 January 1966. The station buildings were situated on the northwest side of Dean Lane, where that road passed over the LYR line from
Manchester Victoria Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England, is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was c ...
to Rochdale, and 300 yards north of Dean Lane. It was immediately adjacent to the large LYR Newton Heath steam locomotive shed. The Railway Hotel remains in operation at the former station site. The area is now served by Newton Heath and Moston tram stop, which opened on 13 June 2012.


References

*The Oldham Loop by Jeffrey Wells () *The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow *The Directory of Railway Stations by R.V.J. Butt, PSL, 1995 () {{coord, 53.5062, -2.1862, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Manchester Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Beeching closures in England 1853 establishments in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966