New Hey railway station

New Hey railway station
Manchester metrolink logo.PNG Newhey
Manchester Metrolink
New Hey Station.jpg
Location
Place Newhey
Local authority Rochdale
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone
Present status Under construction
History
Opening c. 1863
Closed 2009
Conversion to Metrolink operation Summer 2012
Former name New Hey

Transit map symbol.png Oldham and Rochdale Line

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Rochdale Town Centre
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Rochdale Railway Station National Rail
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Newbold
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Kingsway Business Park
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Milnrow
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Newhey
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Shaw and Crompton
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Derker
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Oldham Mumps
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Oldham Central
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Oldham King Street
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Westwood
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Freehold
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South Chadderton
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Hollinwood
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Failsworth
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Newton Heath and Moston
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Central Park
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Monsall
Unused straight waterway + Urban head station
Manchester Victoria National Rail
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to Piccadilly
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New Hey railway station, known by its archaist name, which opened on 2 November 1863 served Newhey, a suburb of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (notice the difference in spelling between the station and town names). The station was situated on the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham route which connected the city of Manchester to the town of Rochdale via Oldham and a number of smaller districts and suburbs including Newhey.

At the time the station opened it was as part of a new line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction, and created a Middleton Junction to Rochdale route. In 1880 a line was built from Oldham Werneth to Thorpes Bridge Junction near Newton Heath. Subsequently the whole Thorpes Bridge Junction to Rochdale East Junction route became known as the Oldham Loop Line. The pattern of train services on the Oldham Loop Line involved a greater number of trains serving the Oldham stations, and less services continuing on to New Hey and Rochdale. In the 1960s and 1970s fewer and fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, and in May 1972 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this part of the Oldham Loop including New Hey Station would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because what later became the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) agreed to fund the continuation of services. The involvement of the GMPTE also lead to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section including New Hey.[1]

The station closed on 3 October 2009 for the conversion of the line to Metrolink and will re-open as Newhey Metrolink station, with the modern spelling of the town's name, in the summer of 2012.

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Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink Manchester Metrolink   Following station
    Under Construction    
Shaw and Crompton
towards Victoria
Oldham and Rochdale Line
Milnrow
towards Rochdale Town Centre
Historical railways
Milnrow   L&YR
Oldham Loop Line
  Shaw and Crompton
The Oldham Loop Line
Stations (anticlockwise from Manchester)
(*) Closed 3 October 2009

Dean Lane (*)
Failsworth (*)
Hollinwood (*)
Oldham Werneth (*)
Oldham Mumps (*)
Derker (*)
Shaw and Crompton (*)
New Hey (*)
Milnrow (*)

[v · d · e]Railways in Rochdale (Past, Present and Future)
Legend
To Bacup
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To Calderdale
Broadley
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Littleborough
Shawclough and Healey
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Wardleworth
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Smithy Bridge
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Rochdale Town Centre
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Drake Street
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Rochdale
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Newbold
Unused waterway turning left Unused waterway turning right Straight track Unknown BSicon "uexBHF"
Kingsway
To Bury
Continuation backward Straight track Unknown BSicon "uexBHF"
Milnrow
Broadfield
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New Hey
Straight track Straight track Unused urban continuation forward
To Oldham
Heywood
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Castleton
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Middleton
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Mills Hill
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Continuation forward
To Manchester

Coordinates: 53°36′03″N 2°05′40″W / 53.60083°N 2.09444°W / 53.60083; -2.09444



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