Oldham Road railway station (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Oldham Road railway station was two stations, one passenger and one goods, located either side of the L&YR main line and either side of Oldham Road, that served the town of Ashton-under-Lyne.

The station opened on 26 August 1861 when the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (OA&GB) opened its line from Guide Bridge to Oldham Clegg Street.

[a][2] The station was located shortly after a branch to the north off the main Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) that the OA&GB had to cross.

It was in a cutting on the east side of Oldham Road, which crossed the railway on an overbridge, there were two platforms connected by a footbridge, with single storey station buildings containing a booking office, ladies room, general waiting room, station master's office and a porters' room on the northern, up side, platform.

[3] The station was accessed by a ramp down from the junction of Oldham Road and Boodle Street to the southern platform.