Cresswell railway station

Cresswell
Level crossing at the site of the former station
Location
Place Cresswell, Staffordshire
Area Staffordshire Moorlands
Coordinates 52°57′03″N 2°02′13″W / 52.9508°N 2.0370°W / 52.9508; -2.0370Coordinates: 52°57′03″N 2°02′13″W / 52.9508°N 2.0370°W / 52.9508; -2.0370
Grid reference SJ975394
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Platforms 2
History
7 August 1848 Opened[1]
7 November 1966 Closed[1]
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
UK Railways portal
site of Cresswell station in 1983

Cresswell railway station was a railway station located on the Stoke-Derby line at Cresswell, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848 and closed in 1966.[2]

The station was located near the Izaak Walton pub and had a substantial building and a small goods yard. It became the junction station for the Cheadle Branch Line in 1892.[2] When the latter closed to passengers, the sidings remained in occasional use for another 20 years, mainly sand traffic from Cheadle.[3]

The level crossing was converted to automatic barrier operation in 1989, whereupon the signal box was demolished and the junction was lifted.[4]

There is no trace of the station today.[3]

Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Line and station open
North Staffordshire Railway
Line open, station closed
TerminusNorth Staffordshire Railway
Line and station closed

References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. 1 2 Baker, Allan C. (1979). The Cheadle Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-248-X.
  3. 1 2 Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
  4. ↑ "Railways in Draycott". Archived from the original on 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2009-01-21.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 46-51. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.


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