Chatterley railway station

Chatterley railway station is a former railway station in Staffordshire, England.

For the station named Tunstall after 1873, see Tunstall railway station.

Chatterley
Location
PlaceStoke-on-Trent
AreaStaffordshire
Coordinates53.0653°N 2.2247°W / 53.0653; -2.2247
Grid referenceSJ850520
Operations
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
January 1864Opened as Tunstall[1]
1873Renamed Chatterley[1]
27 September 1948Closed[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

Situated in the main North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) between Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield a station was opened in 1864 to serve the nearby town of Tunstall and was named Tunstall. In 1873 the NSR opened the Loop Line which went much closer to Tunstall town centre. A new station called Tunstall was built on the Loop Line and the existing station renamed Chatterley.[2] For some years the station was referred to in timetables as Chatterley for Tunstall.[1]

The station closed in September 1948[2] and although the line between Stoke and Macclesfield still exists, the station site is no longer on the route as the line was diverted during the electrification of the West Coast main line as the Harecastle railway tunnels were not large enough to accommodate the overhead wires.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Longport
Line and station open		   North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke–Macclesfield line		   Harecastle
Line and station open

References
Notes
  1. Quick (2009), p. 121.
  2. Jeuda (2010), p. 46.
  3. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 276.
Sources
  • Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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