Bucknall and Northwood railway station

Bucknall and Northwood
Bucknall and Northwood station immediately after closure in 1962
Location
Place Bucknall, Staffordshire
Area Stoke-on-Trent
Coordinates 53°01′23″N 2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W / 53.023; -2.155Coordinates: 53°01′23″N 2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W / 53.023; -2.155
Grid reference SJ896472
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
1 June 1864 Opened[1]
7 May 1956 Closed to passengers[1]
4 June 1962 Closed for goods[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Bucknall and Northwood station site (overgrown) in 2018

Bucknall and Northwood railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864 to serve the Bucknall area of Stoke-on-Trent. Situated on the company's Biddulph Valley line, the station was served by passenger trains between Stoke and Congleton on the Biddulph line and by trains between Stoke and Leek on the Stoke-Leek line. Passenger services on the Biddulph line ceased in 1927,[3] but services on the Leek line continued until May 1956.[3] After this date the station was still used for special and excursion trains until complete closure in 1962.[1]

The line to Leek remained in use (as far as Leekbrook) until 1988 and the track remains in place and it is planned for the line to reopen under plans put forward by Moorland & City Railways.[4]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ford Green & Smallthorne
Line and station closed		   North Staffordshire Railway
Biddulph Valley Line		   Fenton Manor
Line disused, station closed
Milton
Line disused, station closed		   North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke–Leek line		  

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 105.
  2. ↑ Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 306.
  3. 1 2 Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.
  4. ↑ "The Next steps: Leekbrook Junction to the Main Line at Stoke on Trent". The Re-Opening of the railway line from Stoke On Trent to Cauldon Lowe Railway Line. 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
Sources
  • Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
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