Newcastle-under-Lyme
The site of Newcastle-Under-Lyme railway station, now part of Station Walks.
General information
LocationNewcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme
England
Grid referenceSJ852463
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
6 September 1852Opened
2 March 1964Closed

Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station was a railway station that served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852.[1]

The station was located on King Street opposite the Borough Arms Hotel. A small goods yard was located on Water Street.[2] It was closed on 2 March 1964.

Present day

The site north of the station has been wiped away by new builds near the former Hartshill tunnel and Hartshill and Basford Halt. The cutting the station was located near has also been filled in and is now part of Station Walks which is a pedestrian and cyclist footpath but the tunnel and overbridges are still in place although a majority of the station site has been landscaped.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Brampton Halt
Line closed, station closed		   London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line		   Hartshill & Basford Halt
Line closed, station closed

References

  1. ↑ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
  2. ↑ "Staffordshire Past Track - Newcastle Railway Station". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 70-71. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.