Rushton railway station

Rushton
The former Rushton station in 2000 (now a private residence)
Location
Place	Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire
Area	Staffordshire Moorlands
Coordinates	53°09′33″N 2°05′51″W / 53.1593°N 2.0974°W / 53.1593; -2.0974Coordinates: 53°09′33″N 2°05′51″W / 53.1593°N 2.0974°W / 53.1593; -2.0974
Grid reference	SJ935624
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 September 1849 (1849-09-01)	Opened[1]
7 November 1960	Closed to passengers[1]
15 June 1964	Closed to freight
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Rushton Spencer railway station was a railway station that served the village of Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley line.^[2]

It remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode – Leek) in 1960.^[3] Freight services lasted until 1964 when they too were withdrawn^[3] and the track lifted. Today the trackbed forms part of the Staffordshire Way.

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References

• Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
• Jeuda, Basil (1999). The Churnet Valley Railway. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 1-899889-05-1.
• 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.