page_title: Patricroft railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Patricroft railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Pre Grouping railway junction around Bromshall, Clifton (Molyneux), Hay, Liskeard, Patricroft &amp; Uttoxeter
context_page_description: Patricroft railway station is in the Patricroft district of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal. It is situated 5 miles west of Manchester Victoria on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was electrified in stages between 2013 and 2015.
  It is the closest railway station to the Worsley village area.
context_section_description: The station is situated on the world's first inter-city passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester, and is also located close to the world's first commercial canal. The station used to have an adjacent engine shed, Patricroft MPD, which was located to the rear of the Manchester-bound platform on the northern side of the station. The engine shed opened in 1884 and closed in 1968. The majority of the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s, with only a waiting shelter remaining on each platform.
caption: A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Patricroft
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