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<li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/locationlista.html">Locations</a></li> <li><a href="/locationlista.html">A</a></li> <li class="active">Ashburys</li> </ol> <div class='row'> <div class='col-md-3' style='padding-left: 0px;'> <h4>Location type</h4> Station <br> <h4>Name and dates</h4> Ashburys<br><br> Station code: ABY <a onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ABY/details.html'); return true;" target="external" href="https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ABY/details.html">National Rail <small><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window"></span></small></a><br> Where: North West England, England<br> Opened on the <a href='/companies/S/Sheffield,_Ashton-under-Lyne_and_Manchester_Railway/'>Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway</a>.<br> </div> <div class='col-md-6'> <center><div></div><div><a target='enlarge' href='/img/33/135'><img class='lazy' src='/images/33000/33135.jpg' srcset='/images/33000/33135.jpg 800w,/images400/33000/33135.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/33000/33135.jpg 200w' width='28.146427302381%' style='margin: 1px;' title='K A Gray 09/06/1968' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='What is thought to be the BR (LMR) 'Midland Line Centenary Special' of 9 June 1968 approaching Ashburys station behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 <I>Oliver Cromwell</I>. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/88/50'><img class='lazy' src='/images/88000/88050.jpg' srcset='/images/88000/88050.jpg 800w,/images400/88000/88050.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/88000/88050.jpg 200w' width='32.831398296795%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 07/12/1984' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Very poor light at Ashburys in December 1984, not long before the end of the 1500V DC Glossop Hadfield units.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/84/686'><img class='lazy' src='/images/84000/84686.jpg' srcset='/images/84000/84686.jpg 800w,/images400/84000/84686.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/84000/84686.jpg 200w' width='34.022174400824%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 20/02/1988' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='45128 on the 'Mersey Docker' rail tour from Euston passing Ashburys on 20 February 1988. Formed with Network South East stock, the Peak had picked the train up at Trafford Park Freightliner Terminal and was now covering a number of curves around Manchester, the Oldham Loop and then would head for Bidston Docks via Ellesmere Port before going to Wrexham and Wolverhampton, from where a Class 85 electric took the participants back to London. Full details on the Six Bels Junction website.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/64/626'><img class='lazy' src='/images/64000/64626.jpg' srcset='/images/64000/64626.jpg 800w,/images400/64000/64626.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/64000/64626.jpg 200w' width='31.666666666667%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John McIntyre 02/06/2018' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Network Rail 'Rail Operating Centre' next to Ashburys station in Manchester as seen on 02 June 2018. I am of a mind to call this a 21st Century signalbox because the shape of it certainly is box shaped. However, with the later phases of ETCS, there won't be many trackside signals to control.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/64/393'><img class='lazy' src='/images/64000/64393.jpg' srcset='/images/64000/64393.jpg 800w,/images400/64000/64393.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/64000/64393.jpg 200w' width='31.666666666667%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John McIntyre 02/06/2018' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Passing Ashburys and heading to Piccadilly is a Northern Pacer unit on a service from Rose Hill Marple on 02 June 2018.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/64/471'><img class='lazy' src='/images/64000/64471.jpg' srcset='/images/64000/64471.jpg 800w,/images400/64000/64471.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/64000/64471.jpg 200w' width='31.666666666667%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John McIntyre 02/06/2018' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='A TPE Class 185 crosses Ashburys West Jct on 02 June 2018 with the 1617 hrs Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds service. 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