Knowles Level Crossing Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line, from 1905 until 1918.

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 Knowles Level Crossing, from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed on 1 April 1918. The halt was on the south side of Shepherd Street.

Knowles Level Crossing Halt railway station

References

Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()

Knowles Level Crossing Halt railway station

External links

Site of Knowles Level Crossing 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 1918

Knowles Level Crossing Halt railway station