Knowles Level Crossing Halt railway station

Knowles Level Crossing Halt was a stopping point on the Bury to Holcombe Brook railway line, from 1905 until 1918.

History The line from Bury to had opened on 6 November 1882, and originally had three intermediate stations. A service of steam railmotors was introduced on the line in July 1905, and four more intermediate stations were opened at the same time; these small stations, or halts, included one at Knowles Level Crossing, from Bury, which opened on 3 July 1905. It closed on 1 April 1918. The halt was on the south side of Shepherd Street.

References

Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()

External links Site of Knowles Level Crossing Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map