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Greenmount Railway Station served the village of Greenmount in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.

Greenmount
General information
Location	Greenmount, Bury England
Coordinates	53.62336°N 2.33736°W / 53.62336; -2.33736
Grid reference	SD778141
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bury and Tottington District Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 November 1882 (1882-11-06)	Station opened
5 May 1952 (1952-05-05)	Station closed

History

The Bury and Tottington District Railway opened from a junction to the north of Bury to a terminus at Holcombe Brook on 6 November 1882. Among the original stations was that at Greenmount, situated 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) from Bury.[1]

The station closed when passenger services were withdrawn from the Holcombe Brook line on 5 May 1952.[2][3]

References

• Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt (ISBN 1-85306-801-2)

External links

• Greenmount Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map

v t e Lines around Bury
Legend
Past, present and future
Holcombe Brook Greenmount Knowles Level Crossing Halt Tottington Sunny Wood Halt to Rossendale Woolfold Ramsbottom Brandlesholme Road Halt Summerseat Woodhill Road Halt Burrs Country Park Bury Bolton Street Bury Interchange Bury Knowsley Street to Heywood Radcliffe Black Lane Buckley Wells (proposed) Withins Lane Bradley Fold Ainsworth Road Liverpool and Bury Railway to Bolton Radcliffe Bridge Radcliffe Ringley Road Whitefield Molyneux Brow Besses o' th' Barn to Salford Prestwich Heaton Park to Manchester

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Holcombe Brook		L&YR Bury to Holcombe Brook Line		Knowles Level Crossing Halt

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