Adderley railway station

Adderley
General information
Location	Adderley, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°57′27″N2°30′14″W / 52.9575°N 2.5038°W / 52.9575; -2.5038
Grid reference	SJ661401
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
20 October 1863	Station opens
9 September 1963	Station closes

Adderley railway station was a station serving the village of Adderley in the English county of Shropshire.

History

The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863, ^[1] although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening and the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway was eventually amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1897. ^[2] The line passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 9 September 1963. ^[1]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Market Drayton		Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway Great Western Railway		Coxbank Halt

References

1. Butt 1995 , p. 13
2. MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II: 1863-1921. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 7. OCLC   55853736.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• By Great Western to Crewe, by Bob Yate, published by The Oakwood Press ISBN   0-85361-639-6

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. Middleton Press. figs. 59-60. ISBN   9781908174673. OCLC   913791564.