Sunny Wood Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line from 1905 until the line closed in 1952.

History

The line from Bury to had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally there were three intermediate stations. A service of steam railmotors was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or halts, included one at Sunny Wood, from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed with the end of passenger services on the line on 5 May 1952.

Sunny Wood Halt railway station

References

Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()

Sunny Wood Halt railway station

External links

Sunny Wood Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map

Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury

Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905

Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952

Sunny Wood Halt railway station