Dean Lane railway station

Dean Lane railway station opened on 17 May 1880 and served Newton Heath, Manchester, England. The station was on the Oldham Loop Line 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north east of Manchester Victoria and was operated and managed by Northern Rail. There were once three stations in Newton Heath: Newton Heath, Dean Lane and Park. The station was 200 yards (180 m) away from Newton Heath TMD.

Dean Lane
General information
Location	Newton Heath, Manchester England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 May 1880	Opened
3 October 2009	Closed for Metrolink conversion
13 June 2012	Re-opened as Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink
Passengers
2004/05	26,132
2005/06	28,962
2006/07	26,949
2007/08	29,228
2008/09	46,548
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Manchester railways
City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton

The station closed for conversion to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and re-opened as Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink on 13 June 2012, using only the former Manchester-bound platform. The track has been singled through the station, allowing Network Rail to use the other line to access the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal facility.

Old line

The Oldham loop line, closed 3 October 2009. Stations, anticlockwise from Manchester:

• Dean Lane
• Failsworth
• Hollinwood
• Oldham Werneth
• Oldham Mumps
• Derker
• Shaw and Crompton
• New Hey
• Milnrow

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Miles Platting		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Oldham Loop Line		Failsworth