Miles Platting, Phillips Park No.1 to Manchester (London Rd.), Ardwick Junction

Restored archive page

This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.

Section of Line Opened Closed Notes
Phillips Park No. 1 to Ardwick Junction 20.11.1848 (G)
Phillips Park No. 1 to Ardwick Junction 12.1852
Midland Junction to Ashburys Midland Junction 21.09.1964 (A)
Phillips Park No. 1 to Midland Junction [Ashburys West Junction] 29.08.1981 (P)
Junctions and other features Running Lines Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions Distance from Signal Box above Loops and Refuge Sidings Notes
Up Down
Maximum permissible speed Phillips Park No.1 to Midland Junction 20 m.p.h.
Maximum permissible speed Midland Junction to Ardwick Junction 15 m.p.h.
1 ↓↓ Philips Park No.1
2 ↑↕↑ Philips Park No.2 0m 592yds
3 Beswick Junction 0m 1049yds
4 Midland Junction 0m 656yds
5 Ardwick Junction 0m 887yds

Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.

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