Bolton Crook Street railway station

Bolton Crook Street passenger station was a purely temporary facility within the Bolton Crook Street goods yard, devised by the LNWR for use while their nearby Great Moor Street station was demolished and rebuilt. It was used as such from August 1871 to September 1874, after which it reverted to use solely for goods. The temporary passenger station's exact location within the goods yard is believed to be the goods shed on the eastern side of Chandos Street. Sources differ on whether Great Moor St station reopened in September 1874 or April 1875. The original service to Kenyon Junction was provided continuously from 1831 to 1954. Still, the new, additional service to Manchester Exchange via Roe Green Junction and Walkden Low Level by the London and North Western Railway did not start until 1 April 1875, when it ran from Great Moor Street. It is therefore possible that Crook Street handed the Kenyon Junction traffic to the new Great Moor Street station in 1874.

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Bolton Great Moor Street railway station

Bolton Great Moor Street railway station was the first station in Bolton. It was opened on 11 June 1831 by the Bolton and Leigh Railway. Originally named Bolton, it was renamed Bolton Great Moor Street in October 1849. The original street level station was replaced by a temporary station at Bolton Crook Street Goods Yard on 1 August 1871 while the new station was built in a classic Italian style. It opened either on 1 April 1875 or on 28 September 1874 on the same site as the original station but at a higher level. The rebuilt station had four platforms covered by a roof. Its reconstruction coincided with the building of the direct line to Manchester Exchange via Walkden Low Level by the London and North Western Railway which opened on 1 April 1875. Local trains to and from Kenyon Junction via Chequerbent used the station's western platforms 1 & 2 whilst trains to and from Manchester Exchange via Walkden used Platforms 3 & 4. The station closed for regular passenger use by British Railways on 29 March 1954, although holiday and football specials ran until 1958 and an unadvertised workmen's service to Monton Green continued for some months. An enthusiasts' special visited on 21 September 1963 and on 9 May 1964 another visited the adjacent Crook St goods yard, this was the last passenger train on LNWR lines in the Bolton area. Tracks in the station were lifted in April 1964. The station was demolished in October 1966 and the area redeveloped.

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Derby Barracks, Bolton

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Holy Trinity Church, Bolton

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University of Greater Manchester

The University of Greater Manchester (legally: The University of Greater Manchester Higher Education Corporation) is a public university in Bolton, Greater Manchester in England. It was known as the University of Bolton from 2005 until 2024. The university is commonly referred to as a 'post-92' institution, which is a reference to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. It has approximately 11,000 students and more than 900 academic and professional staff. It is a member of Universities UK, Million+, and the All-Party Parliamentary University Group.

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