Delph donkey
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The Delph Donkey was an LNWR railway line which opened in 1849 to connect Oldham, Greenfield and Delph to the main Huddersfield to Manchester line. Trains ceased to run on the Delph Donkey in 1955 and the track was lifted in 1964 to turn the line into a cycle/walk way.
The line took its name from the original service which was said to be a railway carriage drawn by a donkey however Gordon Suggett states in his book “Lost Railways of Merseyside & Greater Manchester” that it has never been proven that there ever was a donkey or horse drawn service on this line. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Suggett, Gordon (2004). Lost Railways of Merseyside & Greater Manchester, 1, Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-869-1.
