Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station

Newcastle-under-Lyme
The site of Newcastle-Under-Lyme railway station, now part of Station Walks.
Location
Place	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Area	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Grid reference	SJ852463
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
6 September 1852	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed
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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 and possible reopening

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.

References

Further reading

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