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Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&L) was an early British railway.
History
The single-track line was built to carry goods, mainly cloth from the cotton mills. It was 7½ miles (12 km) long and opened on
1 August 1828, two years before the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The engineer was
George Stephenson. The first locomotive,
Lancashire Witch was built by George and
Robert Stephenson. It was used to haul trains up the 1 in 33 gradient at
Daubhill. At first, the railway was freight only, but a passenger service started on
11 or
13 June 1831.
Locomotives
Early locomotives include
Lancashire Witch and
Sans Pareil, which had competed in the
Rainhill Trials.
Sans Pareil was used on the railway until 1844, when it was sold to the Coppull Colliery,
Chorley and used as a stationary engine until 1863 when it was presented to the
Science Museum.
Stations
Openings
The original stations on the line were Bolton, and Leigh. Kenyon Junction station, on the L&M, opened on
1 March 1831. Further stations opened at Daubhill and Chequerbent in 1846, along with Bradshaw Leach on the K&LJ. In 1871, the original station at Bolton Great Moor Street was closed by the
London and North Western Railway (LNWR) for reconstruction, and a temporary station opened at Crook Street, which was open from
1 August 1871 to
28 September 1874. The new Great Moor Street station opened on that date, having been rebuilt on its original site but some ten feet (three metres) higher. A new direct line to Manchester via Roe Green opened on
1 April 1875. At Chequerbent, a new alignment and station was also built, but the original line remained in its entirety, serving the Chequerbent Pits. The last station to open was at Atherleigh, which the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway opened on
14 October 1935 as there had been new housing development in the area.
Closures
The original stations at Daubhill and Chequerbent closed on
2 February 1885, both due to replacements opening on the new alignment.
[ The station at Chequerbent closed to passengers on 3 February 1952][ and Rumworth & Daubhill closed to passengers on 3 March 1952.][ All other stations between Bolton Great Moor Street and Pennington inclusive closed to passengers on 29 March 1954,][ with Atherleigh,][ West Leigh][ and Pennington][ closing completely on this date. Some rugby and holiday special trains served Great Moor street until 1958.][ Atherton Bag Lane closed to freight on 7 October 1963, Chequerbent closed to freight on 27 February 1965][ and Rumworth & Daubhill closed to freight on 29 March 1965. The date of closure of Bolton Great Moor Street station to freight isn't recorded, but the last of the rails on the line were lifted in 1969.][ Kenyon Junction closed to all traffic on 1 August 1963, although the line is still open to traffic.][Further Information]
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