The station opened on 5 January 1857 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened a branch line to serve the town from Middleton Junction.
[1] The station was located to the south east of the junction of Oldham Road (now the A669) and Townley Street.
[2] The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a five ton crane.
[4] A Cotton shed (described on the map as a goods shed) opened about 1907, it had a rail link into Neva Cotton Mills.
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