Monton Green railway station

Former railway station in England

Monton Green

The site of the station in 2018

General information
Location| Monton, Salford
England
Grid reference| SJ764995
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping| London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping| London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
November 1887| Opened
5 May 1969| Closed

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Manchester to Wigan Line

Legend

| West Coast Main Line

to Preston

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|  | Wigan North Western
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| to Liverpool Lime Street

via St Helens

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| to Standish

via Whelley Loop

West Coast Main Line

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|  | Platt Bridge

| to Warrington Bank Quay

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| to Wigan Central

and Whelley Loop

Bickershaw & Abram |  |

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| to Glazebrook

via Lowton St Mary's

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Plank Lane |  |

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to Kenyon Junction

|  | Hindley Green

| via Pennington

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Atherleigh |  |

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| to Kenyon Junction

via Pennington

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| to Bolton Great Moor Street

via Chequerbent

Leigh |  |

|  | Howe Bridge
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Tyldesley Junction

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|  | Tyldesley
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|  | Ellenbrook
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| to Bolton Great Moor Street

via Walkden Low Level

| to Kenyon Junction

via Chat Moss

|  | Worsley
Patricroft |  |

|  | Monton Green
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to Clifton Junction

Eccles Junction

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Eccles |  |

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| to Manchester Exchange

or Manchester Victoria

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Tyldesley Loopline

Legend

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| London & North Western Rly

to Liverpool Lime Street

| West Coast Main Line

to Warrington Bank Quay

|  | Newton-le-Willows
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|  | Lowton
Parkside |  |

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| West Coast Main Line

to Wigan

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|  | Kenyon Junction
| Glazebury and

Bury Lane

|  | Pennington
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| to Wigan

via Plank Lane

Flow Moss |  |

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| to Bolton

via Chequerbent

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Bridgewater Canal

Astley |  |

|  | Leigh
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| to Wigan

via Hindley Green

Lamb's Cottage |  |

|  | Tyldesley
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|  | Ellenbrook
Barton Moss |  |

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| to Bolton

via Walkden Low Level

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|  | Worsley
Patricroft |  |

|  | Monton Green
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| to Bury

via Clifton Hall Tunnel

Eccles Junction

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Eccles |  |

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| London & North Western Rly

to Manchester Victoria

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Monton Green railway station is a closed station in Eccles.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Monton Green

Opened on 1 November 1887, Monton Green was the first station on the London and North Western Railway's Manchester and Wigan Railway, which connected Eccles with Wigan and the Tyldesley Loopline which connected Tyldesley, Leigh and Kenyon Junction. Other stations on the line were located at Worsley and Ellenbrook. The station was built on an embankment at the road junctions of Canal Bank and Parrin Lane in Monton.

The Tyldesley Loopline was earmarked for closure in the Beeching Report, and Monton Green closed on 5 May 1969,[1][2] along with the rest of the line.

Since closure, the embankment spanning Monton Green has been demolished. However, the embankment running parallel to the Bridgewater Canal has been preserved as part of Salford City Council's Recreation Pathways scheme. The route is popular with walkers & cyclists, as the path gives excellent views over the local area.

Monton Green Railway Station June 2018

## References

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1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 301\. OCLC 931112387.
2. ^ 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. p. 162\. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

## External links

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* http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/monton_green/index.shtml

## Further reading

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* Tyson, Alan (March 2020). Blakemore, Michael (ed.). "Monton Green - West of Salford". Back Track. 34 (3). Easingwold: Pendragon Publishing. ISSN 0955-5382.

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Worsley |  | LNW |  | Eccles

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Railway Lines in Salford

Legend

Past, present and future

to Wigan Wallgate

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to Bolton Great Moor Street

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to Wigan North Western

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Little Hulton

Ellenbrook

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Walkden Low Level |  |

|  | Walkden High Level

to Liverpool Lime Street

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|  | Moorside |

to Bolton

Barton Moss

Worsley |  |

|  | Swinton

Dixon Fold

Patricroft

Monton Green |  |

|  | Pendlebury
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to Bury

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|  | Irlams-o'-th'-Height

Eccles

Eccles |  |

Clifton Junction

Ladywell

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Agecroft Bridge

Weaste

Weaste |  |

|  | Brindle Heath Jct  |

Agecroft Jct

Langworthy

Seedley |  |

|  | Pendleton |

Pendleton Bridge

Broadway

Cross Lane |  |

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MediaCityUK

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Harbour City

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Salford Crescent

Anchorage

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|  | Salford Docks

Salford Quays

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Windsor Link

Exchange Quay

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|  | Ordsall Lane |

Oldfield Road

| Metrolink

to Manchester

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Ordsall Chord

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|  | Salford Central

to | Manchester

Deansgate

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to | Manchester

Victoria

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Closed railway stations in Greater Manchester

Bolton|

* Bolton Crook Street
* Bolton Great Moor Street
* Chequerbent (1831)
* Chequerbent (1885)
* Chew Moor
* Darcy Lever
* Horwich
* Lostock Lane
* Plodder Lane
* Rumworth and Daubhill
* The Oaks

Bury|

* Ainsworth Road Halt
* Bradley Fold
* Brandlesholme Road Halt
* Bury Knowsley Street
* Greenmount
* Holcombe Brook
* Knowles Level Crossing Halt
* Molyneux Brow
* Radcliffe Black Lane
* Radcliffe Bridge
* Ringley Road
* Sunny Wood Halt
* Tottington
* Withins Lane
* Woodhill Road Halt
* Woolfold

Manchester
(city centre in italics)|

* Baguley
* Chorlton-cum-Hardy
* Clayton Bridge
* Dean Lane
* Didsbury
* Fallowfield
* High Street (Metrolink)
* Hyde Road
* Levenshulme South
* Longsight
* Manchester Central
* Manchester Liverpool Road
* Manchester Mayfield
* Manchester Oldham Road
* Miles Platting
* Mosley Street (Metrolink)
* Newton Heath
* Northenden
* Park
* Wilbraham Road
* Withington and West Didsbury

Oldham|

* Delph
* Derker
* Diggle
* Dobcross
* Failsworth
* Friezland
* Grasscroft
* Grotton and Springhead
* Hollinwood
* Lees
* Measurements
* Middleton Junction
* Moorgate
* Oldham Central
* Oldham Clegg Street
* Oldham Glodwick Road
* Oldham Mumps
* Oldham Mumps (LNWR)
* Oldham Werneth
* Royton
* Royton Junction
* Saddleworth
* Shaw and Crompton
* Uppermill

Rochdale|

* Broadfield
* Broadley
* Middleton
* Milnrow
* New Hey
* Shawclough and Healey
* Wardleworth

Salford|

* Agecroft Bridge
* Barton Moss
* Cadishead
* Cross Lane
* Dixon Fold
* Ellenbrook
* Irlams o' th' Height
* Little Hulton
* Manchester Exchange
* Monton Green
* Oldfield Road
* Ordsall Lane
* Pendlebury
* Pendleton
* Pendleton Bridge
* Seedley
* Walkden Low Level
* Weaste
* Worsley

Stockport|

* Cheadle (CLC)
* Cheadle (LNWR)
* Cheadle Heath
* Cheadle North
* Hazel Grove (Midland)
* High Lane
* Heaton Mersey
* Heaton Norris
* Stockport Portwood
* Stockport Tiviot Dale

Tameside|

* Ashton Moss
* Ashton Park Parade
* Audenshaw (1st)
* Audenshaw (2nd)
* Droylsden
* Dukinfield and Ashton
* Dukinfield Central
* Godley East
* Hooley Hill
* Micklehurst
* Oldham Road
* Park Bridge
* Staley and Millbrook

Trafford|

* Altrincham (1st)
* Bowdon
* Broadheath (Altrincham)
* Cornbrook
* Dunham (W&SR)
* Dunham Massey
* Partington
* West Timperley

Wigan|

* Amberswood (Hindley)
* Astley
* Atherleigh
* Atherton Bag Lane
* Bamfurlong
* Boar's Head
* Golborne North
* Golborne South
* Hindley Green
* Hindley South
* Howe Bridge
* Leigh
* Lower Ince
* Lowton
* Pennington
* Platt Bridge
* Red Rock
* Tyldesley
* Westleigh
* West Leigh and Bedford
* Whelley
* Wigan Central

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* List of open stations
* TfGM
* Transport

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