Alsager Road railway station

Alsager Road
General information
Location	Alsager, Cheshire East England
Coordinates	53°05′36″N2°17′25″W / 53.0932°N 2.2904°W / 53.0932; -2.2904
Grid reference	SJ806551
Platforms	?
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1889	Station opens as Talke and Alsager Road
1 November 1902	Station renamed Alsager Road
27 April 1931	Station closes
Location

Alsager Road railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway, which operated in the West Midlands county of Staffordshire, in England. The station was located on the outskirts of Alsager.

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway, then joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. That company then closed it eight years later.

The site today

Today the site is sheltered by a row of trees, on the edge of a small industrial area, near the Crewe to Derby Line. It lies to the south east of Alsager railway station.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kidsgrove		London Midland and Scottish Railway North Staffordshire Railway		Audley

References

• 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.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 92. ISBN   9781908174673. OCLC   913791564.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map Station hidden by "55" grid marking on map