Talk:West Didsbury tram stop

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Redrose64 in topic Closed when?

Lapwing Lane stretch edit

 
The Manchester South District Line (next to the former Withington and West Didsbury station, running alongside Lapwing Lane)

Not very good as a photograph and see guidelines on illustrating articles.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 20:29, 25 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Closed when? edit

The original railway station closed when - 1961 or 1967? When tidying up the article I found references to both. --Jza84 |  Talk  09:42, 17 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

--There's also a bit of conflict over the early names of the railway station. --Jza84 |  Talk  21:07, 17 May 2013 (UTC)Reply
Butt (1995) shows that the station was opened 1 January 1880 as Withington; renamed 1 July 1884 to Withington and Albert Park; renamed 1 April 1915 to Withington and West Didsbury; closed 3 July 1961. Other stations on the line which, according to Butt, did close in 1967 (Chorlton-cum-Hardy; Didsbury; Stockport (Tiviot Dale); Cheadle Heath; etc.) are listed in the Beeching Report, but Withington and West Didsbury is omitted (as is Heaton Mersey), which not only suggests that a 1967 closure is unlikely, but that it had already closed before the Report was prepared. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:38, 17 May 2013 (UTC)Reply