and Bury Railway to extend eastwards under the East Lancashire Railway at Bury to join the Heywood branch extension and to make an east to north connection between the two railways at Bury. Boiler explosion On 28 January 1845, the boiler of locomotive No. 27 Irk exploded at Miles Platting, Lancashire. Location list Manchester Victoria; opened 1 January 1844; still open; Manchester (Oldham Road); opened 4 July 1839; closed 1 January 1844; Miles Platting; opened 1 January 1844; last train Friday 26 May 1995; Moston; open by February 1872; still open; Oldham Junction; opened 31 March 1842; renamed Middleton 11 August 1842; renamed Middleton Junction 1852; closed 3 January 1966; Mills Hill; opened 4 July 1839; closed 11 August 1842; new station opened 25 March 1985; still open; Blue Pits or Blue Pitts; opened 15 September 1839; renamed Castleton 1 November 1875; still open; Rochdale; opened 4 July 1839; relocated 28 April 1889; still open; Smithy Bridge; opened 1 October 1868; closed 2 May 1960; reopened 19 August 1985; still open; Littleborough; opened 4 July 1839; still open; Summit Tunnel; Walsden; opened October 1845; closed 7 August 1961; new station nearby opened 10 September 199; still open; Todmorden; opened 28 December 1840; still open; Eastwood; opened 28 December 1840; closed 3 December 1951; Hebden Bridge; opened 5 October 1840; still open; Mytholmroyd; opened May 1847; still open; Luddenden Foot; opened 5 October 1840; closed 10 September 1962; Sowerby Bridge; opened 5 October 1840; relocated 1 September 1876; still open; Greetland Junction; North Dean; opened February 1846; renamed Greetland & North Dean 1 January 1883; closed 10 September 1962; Elland; opened 12 April 1841; relocated 1 August 1865; closed 10 September 1962; Brighouse; opened 5 October 1840; closed 5 January 1970; new station on same site opened 28 May 2000; still open; Cooper Bridge; opened 1 October 1840; closed 20 February 1950; Mirfield; opened 31 March 1845; relocated 5 March 1866; still open; Dewsbury; opened 5 October 1840; later renamed Thornhill; closed 1 January 1962; Horbury; opened 5 October 1840; renamed Horbury & Ossett 25 March 1903; renamed Horbury 18 June 1962; closed 5 January 1970; Horbury Junction; opened 1 January 1850; replaced by Horbury Millfield Road, opened 11 July 1927; closed 6 November 1961; Wakefield; opened 5 October 1840; renamed Wakefield Kirkgate from 1872; still open; Goose Hill Junction; Normanton; date of opening uncertain; North Midland Railway station; the line