Irlams o' th' Height railway station was located on the Atherton Line between Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate. The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 1 July 1901, some 14 years after the Atherton Line had opened in 1888. The station closed on 5 March 1956. The preceding station was Pendleton, the following station was Pendlebury, also both since demolished. The station was noteworthy because the station was staffed entirely by women during the First World War.