Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station

Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
Location
Place Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
Area Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Coordinates 53°05′21″N 2°14′42″W / 53.0891°N 2.2450°W / 53.0891; -2.2450Coordinates: 53°05′21″N 2°14′42″W / 53.0891°N 2.2450°W / 53.0891; -2.2450
Grid reference SJ836546
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Platforms 2
History
15 November 1875 Opened as Kidsgrove[1]
2 October 1944 Renamed to Kidsgrove Liverpool Road[1]
2 March 1964 Closed[1]
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Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station was the northernmost station on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. It was opened as Kidsgrove in 1875, but renamed in 1944 when the nearby Harecastle station became Kidsgrove railway station.[2]

The site of the station is now occupied by a Tesco supermarket.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ↑ Oppitz, Leslie (2006). Lost Railways of Staffordshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-992-2.
  3. ↑ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
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