Godley East railway station

Godley East was a railway station in the Godley area of Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, on the Manchester-Glossop Line. Godley was the temporary terminus of the route to Sheffield when the first section of the Woodhead Line was opened in 1841, but the original station was located about ¼ mile further west. This temporary station was called Godley Toll Bar and closed when the line was extended to Broadbottom a year later. Godley East once had four platforms - two on the Manchester-Glossop Line and two linking the Woodhead Line with the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) route to Apethorne Junction (Woodley). The branch opened in 1866, after which Godley became known as Godley Junction. The CLC platforms were only ever lightly used. The...