page_title: Ashton-under-Lyne railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ashton-under-Lyne railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Local train from Manchester Exchange approaching Ashton (Charlestown) Station. View westward from Moss Lane, towards Manchester. The train, probably going to Huddersfield, is headed by Stanier 4P 2-6-4T No. 42645. The view is across Ashton Moss to Droylesden.
context_page_description: Ashton-under-Lyne railway station serves Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line 6½ miles east of Manchester Victoria and is operated by Northern.
  The station is a short walk from Ashton-under-Lyne bus station and Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop which opened in 2013, and is served by trams to Droylsden, Manchester, and Eccles.
context_section_description: The station, known originally as Ashton, was opened by the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway (AS&LJR) on 13 April 1846. The AS&LJR was absorbed by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1847, which was then renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR). The LYR renamed it Ashton (Charlestown) in 1874. The LYR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway at the start of 1922, and these in turn amalgamated with several other companies on 1 January 1923, to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the 1923 Grouping. It then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Ashton-under-Lyne on 6 May 1968.
  When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways
  under arrangement with the Greater Manchester PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways. Usage at this time was relatively low and trains called only rarely (see BR timetable 1974, 1975 et seq.). The train service was not regular and in essence operated at peak times only.
caption: Local train approaching Ashton (Charlestown) Station in 1951
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