Dukinfield Central railway station



Dukinfield Central Railway Station served the town of Dukinfield from 1845 until 1959.

The station was opened as Dukinfield on 23 December 1845 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway opened its branch from Guide Bridge to Stalybridge.

First station
The station consisted of "a platform and open shed on the down side, and a bare narrow platform on the up, all of wooden construction, as were the steps by which they were approached. Nearby were half-a-dozen small cottages owned by the company, one of which, the residence of the clerk-in-charge, was used as a booking office and waiting room."

The platforms were lengthened in 1842 and gas lighting was installed in 1844.

Second station
The station was rebuilt in 1863, the new station was closer to the canal, 117 yd nearer to Guide Bridge.

It was situated on Wharf Street between Station Street and the Peak Forest Canal, next to the Wharf Tavern. The station building was two-storeys high with steps from the forecourt up to the first floor at platform level.

By 1893 the station platforms had been extended over the canal so they were now twice the length of the original platforms.

In 1954 the station was renamed to Dukinfield Central.

The station closed to passengers on 4 May 1959.

The station never had any goods facilities although there was a Dukinfield goods station, located on the London and North Western Railway just west of their Dukinfield and Ashton station.